Alternate worlds : the illustrated history of science fiction /

"As a literature of change, science fiction has become increasingly meaningful, presaging dangers to humanity and, as Alvin Toffler wrote, guarding against "the premature arrival of the future." The world has begun to recognize science fiction in myriad ways, incorporating its visions...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gunn, James E., 1923-2020 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
Edición:Third edition.
Temas:
Science fiction > History and criticism.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Science fiction.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The shape of the present
  • In the beginning
  • Toward Verne: 1800/1885
  • A Victorian engineer: 1828/1905
  • The birth of the mass magazines: 1885/1911
  • Prophet of progress: 1866/1946
  • The rise of the pulps: 1911/1926
  • That amazing decade: 1926/1936
  • The expanding universe: 1930/1940
  • The astounding editor: 1938/1950
  • The big boom: 1940/1955
  • Alternate worlds: 1949/1965
  • The shape of things to come
  • The shape of things that came: 1975/2016.

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