The History of Science Fiction

by Adam Charles Roberts and Adam Roberts

Book Overview

Preface to Second Edition.- Preface to First Edition (2006).- 1. Definitions.- 2. SF and the Ancient Novel.- 3. From Medieval Romance to Sixteenth-Century Utopia.- 4. 17th-Century SF.- 5. 18th-Century SF. Big, Little.- 6. Early 19th Century SF.- 7. SF 1850-1900: Mobility and Mobilisation.- 8. Verne and Wells.- 9. The Early Twentieth Century, 1: High Modernist SF.- 10. The Early Twentieth Century, 2: The Pulps.- 11. Golden Age SF: 1940-1960.- 12. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113756959X
• ISBN13: 9781137569592
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 524 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"