| Description |
352 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
A visually appealing compendium of SF into contains views on major themes by notable writers, a history of the genre, notes on fandom, science fiction art, movie tie-ins, and much more. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Program -- 2. Thematics, with introductions by. Spacecraft and star drives / Paul Anderson -- Exploration and colonies / Jack Williamson -- Biologies and environments / James White -- Warfare and weaponry / Harry Harrison -- Galactic empires / Lester del Rey -- Future and alternative histories / Brian Aldiss -- Utopias and nightmares / John Brunner -- Cataclysms and dooms / J. G. Ballard -- Lost and parallel worlds / Robert Sheckley -- Time and nth dimensions -- Fritz Leiber -- Technologies and artefacts / Ken Bulmer -- Cities and cultures / Frederik Pohl -- Robots and androids / Isaac Asimov -- Computers and cybernetics / Arthur C. Clarke -- Mutants and symbiotes / Josephine Saxton -- Telepathy, psionics and ESP / Larry Niven -- Sex and taboos / Keith Roberts -- Religion and myths / Philip José Farmer -- Inner space / A. E. van Vogt -- 3. Deep probes. Interface -- Science fiction as literature -- Recurrent concepts -- 4. Fandom and media. Fandom -- Science fiction art -- Science fiction in the cinema -- Science fiction on television -- Science fiction magazines -- Books and anthologies -- Juveniles, comics and strips -- Commentators and courses -- Fringe cults. |
| Subject |
Science fiction -- Encyclopedias.
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Science fiction. |
| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias.
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| Indexed Term |
Science fiction Encyclopedias |
| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias.
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Catalogs.
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Catalogs.
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| Added Author |
Ash, Brian, 1936-2010.
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| ISBN |
0517531747 |
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9780517531747 |
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0517531755 (paperback) |
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9780517531754 (paperback) |
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