This book, first published in 1980, is a guide to the major forces in the subculture of science fiction. It analyses the history of the field and the related de

This book provides students and other interested readers with a comprehensive survey of science fiction history and numerous essays addressing major science fic

While students and general readers typically cannot relate to esoteric definitions of science fiction, they readily understand the genre as a literature that ch

Science fiction occupies a peculiar place in the academic study of literature. For decades, scholars have looked at science fiction with disdain and have critic