Science fiction
Subtitle: a collection of critical essays
By: edited by Mark Rose.
Contributors: Rose, Mark.
Series: Twentieth century views
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Englewood Cliffs, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Science fiction -- History and criticism
Notes: Bibliography: p. 173-174.
Table of contents: title: Rose, M. Introduction.; title: Backgrounds: Amis, K. Starting points. Conquest, R. Science fiction and literature. Scholes, R. The roots of science fiction.; title: Theory: Suvin, D. On the poetics of the science fiction genre. Lem, S. The time-travel story and related matters of SF structuring. Rabkin, E. S. Genre criticism: science fiction and the fantastic.; title: Approaches: Lewis, C. S. On science fiction. Sontag, S. The imagination of disaster. Holquist, M. How to play utopia. Ketterer, D. The apocalyptic imagination, science fiction, and American literature. Huntington, J. Science fiction and the future.