The span of mainstream and science fiction
Subtitle: a critical study of a new literary genre
By: by Peter Brigg.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Lessing, Doris May, 1919- -- Knowledge -- Science.; Pynchon, Thomas -- Knowledge -- Science.; English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Literature and science -- English-speaking countries.; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Science fiction -- History and criticism.; Science in literature.
Description: "This book examines works by Thomas Pynchon, Doris Lessing, and others who incorporate science into fiction and exemplify the movement of mainstream fiction writers toward a new genre herein termed "span." It also examines works by some science fiction writers who are edging closer to the border of science fiction and slowly over into spain.

This book maps the boundaries of the new span genre of fiction and thus helps define texts that fall outside the realms of mainstream and science fiction."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-203) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to span fiction; title: Doris Lessing : experiments in alternate reality; title: Thomas Pynchon : science in life; title: A bridge takes shape : other writers; title: Border skirmishes : span and science fiction; title: The new alignment.