Understanding Contemporary American Science Fiction
Subtitle: The Formative Period, (1926-1970)
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: December 1992
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780872498709
Subjects: Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Novels, other prose & writers; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Second World War, 1939-1945; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; American English; English; Literature: Classics; USA; Science Fiction & Fantasy
First sentence: To appreciate the complexities and significance of contemporary American science fiction, one must immediately clear away a number of problems which cloud even such central issues as the definition of the field.