Science Fiction: A Critical Guide
- ISBN-10
- 1000378780
- ISBN-13
- 9781000378788
- Series
- Science Fiction
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 250
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-05-19
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Patrick Parrinder
Description
This book, first published in 1979, presents a portrait of science fiction as a distinct form of serious and creative literature. Contributors are drawn from Britain, America and Europe, and range from well-known academic critics to young novelists. The essays establish the common properties of science fiction writing, and assess the history and significance of a field in which critical judgements have often been unreliable. The material ranges from the earliest imaginative journeys to the moon, to later developments of British, American and European science fiction.
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