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Robert Scholes, Eric S. Rabkin «Science Fiction: History • Science • Vision»

, Eric S. Rabkin

Science Fiction: History • Science • Vision

Язык издания: английский

New York: Oxford University Press, 1977 г.

Тираж: не указан

ISBN: 0-19-502174-6

Тип обложки: мягкая

Формат: другой

Страниц: 268

Описание:

Academic book on a number of science fiction subjects. The authors do a good job discussing the pulps, the “Golden Age” of SF, and a history of SF and its development. There is a good chapter on bibliographies of the field.

This reprint, 1978.

Cover Photograph: Glen Heller. Cover Design by Susan Gebel.

Содержание:

  1. Robert Scholes, Eric S. Rabkin. Science Fiction: History • Science • Vision (монография)
    1. Foreword, c. vii-viii
    2. I. History
      1. 1. A Brief Literary History of Science Fiction
        1. The Beginnings, c. 3-7
        2. The First Century A.F. (After Frankenstein), c. 7-14
        3. H.G. Wells (1886-1946), c. 15-25
        4. The Twenties and Thirties, c. 26-42
          1. A Political Europe
          2. A Pulpy America
        5. Anti-Science Fiction, c. 42-51
        6. The “Golden Age” and After, c. 51-70
        7. Some Achievements of the Sixties, c. 70-87
        8. Making Waves and Crossing Lines, c. 87-99
      2. 2. Science Fiction in Other Media, c. 100-109
    3. II. Science
      1. 3. The Sciences of Science Fiction, с. 113-162
        1. Scientific Method, c. 114-116
        2. Physics and Astronomy, c. 116-131
        3. Computers, c. 131-136
        4. Thermodynamics, c. 136-138
        5. Biology, c. 138-150
        6. Psychology, c. 151-157
        7. Pseudoscience, c. 157-159
        8. Science as Fiction, c. 160-162
    4. III. Vision
      1. 4. Forms and Themes
        1. Forms
          1. Myth and Myth-making, c. 165-169
          2. Fantasy, c. 169-173
          3. Utopias, c. 173-174
        2. Themes
          1. Imaginary Worlds, c. 175-179
          2. Imaginary Beings, c. 179-185
          3. Sex and Race in Science Fiction, c. 185-189
      2. 5. Ten Representative Novels, c. 190-233
        1. Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (1818), c. 191-196
        2. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1895), c. 196-200
        3. The Time Machine (1895), c. 200-204
        4. We (1920), c. 204-207
        5. A Voyage to Arcturus (1920), c. 207-212
        6. Star Maker (1937), c. 212-216
        7. Childhood’s End (1953), c. 216-220
        8. A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959), c. 221-226
        9. The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), c. 226-230
        10. The Shockwave Rider (1976), c. 230-233
    5. Bibliographies, c. 235
    6. Index, c. 245

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