Patrick Parrinder

Science Fiction

A Critical Guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What do we mean by Science Fiction? What does it do, and why do so many people read it? What are its characteristic values, attitudes and procedures? Is it a creative force in our society, or merely a pathological symptom? How much of it is worth the attention of the ordinary 'non-scientific' or 'non-addicted' reader?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 1979
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780582489295
• ISBN-10: 0582489296
• Artikelnr.: 30814851

Autorenporträt

Patrick Parrinder

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Early landmarks: from the beginnings to 1900
Chapter 1 The literary background to science fiction, Mark R. Hillegas
Chapter 2 Jules Verne: the last happy utopianist, Marc Angenot
Chapter 3 The science fiction of H. G. Wells, John Huntington
Part 2 Two formative traditions
Chapter 4 Utopia and science fiction, Williams Raymond
Chapter 5 Science fiction and the scientific world-view, Patrick Parrinder
Part 3 Science fiction today: aspects of a contemporary literature
Chapter 6 The cold war in science fiction, 1940-1960, T. A. Shippey
Chapter 7 Science fiction, religion and transcendence, Tom Woodman
Chapter 8 Characterization in science fiction: Two approaches, Scott Sanders
Chapter 9 Characterization in science fiction: Two approaches, Patrick Parrinder
Chapter 10 American science fiction since 1960, J. A. Sutherland
Chapter 11 British science fiction, Christopher Priest
Chapter 12 European science fiction, Franz Rottensteiner.