The science of fiction and the fiction of science
Subtitle: collected essays on sf storytelling and the gnostic imagination
By: Frank McConnell ; edited by Gary Westfahl ; with a foreword by Neil Gaiman.
Contributors: Westfahl, Gary.
Series: Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy -- 12
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780786437221
Subjects: Science fiction -- History and criticism; Storytelling in literature; Gnosticism in literature
Description: "At first emphasizing that science fiction is primarily one of many forms of storytelling, McConnell gradually recognized science fiction as a modern expression of Gnosticism, rejecting bodily concerns for an exclusive emphasis on spirituality. McConnell's essays cover such topics as H.G. Wells, science fiction in academia, and the role of genre in storytelling"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Frank McConnell B.C.E. (before coming to Eaton); title: Slouching toward bedlam: the early Eaton essays; title: Gnostic lunch: the later Eaton essays; title: Memories of Frank / by Paul Alkon, Gregory Benford, Harold Bloom, Sheila Finch, Carl Freedman, Howard V. Hendrix, Bruce Kawin, Joseph D. Miller, Eric S. Rabkin, Mark Rose, and George Slusser.