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Intersections: Fantasy and Science Fiction

George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin

First published 1987
Series Proceedings of the J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature #8
Publisher Southern Illinois University Press
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
Pages x+252
Price $29.95
ISBN 080931374X

Contains essays presented at the Seventh Eaton Conference, held 12-14 April 1985, at the University of California, Riverside

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  • Pages 227-252 contain Notes, Biographical Notes, and Index
  • Contains essays presented at the Seventh Eaton Conference, held 12-14 April 1985, at the University of California, Riverside

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 Boiling Roses: Thoughts on Science Fantasy Robert Scholes Essay
19 Parallel Universes: Fantasy or Science Fiction? Joseph D. Miller Essay
26 High Tech and High Sorcery: Some Discriminations Between Science Fiction and Fantasy Michael W. McClintock Essay
36 Science Fiction and the Semiotics of Realism J. Timothy Bagwell Essay
48 Filling the Niche: Fantasy and Science Fiction in Contemporary Horror Michael R. Collings Essay
55 Fantasy and Science Fiction: A Writer's View Roger Zelazny Essay
63 The Gestation of Genres: Literature, Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Fantasy... Samuel R. Delany Essay
74 Konstantin Tsiolkovsky: Science Fiction and Philosophy in the History of Soviet Space Exploration Michael Holquist Essay
87 Victorian Urban Gothic: The First Modern Fantastic Literature Kathleen Spencer Essay
97 Jewels of Wonder, Instruments of Delight: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Science Fantasy as Vision-Inducing Works Michael Clifton Essay
107 The Tooth That Gnaws: Reflections on Time Travel David A. Leiby Essay
119 Frames in Search of a Genre Frank McConnell Essay
133 The And in Fantasy and Science Fiction George E. Slusser Essay
171 Homecomings: Fantasy and Horror Celeste Pernicone Essay
181 Science Fantasy and Myth Brian Attebery Essay
190 Gravity's Rainbow: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Mythology Kathryn Hume Essay
201 Science Fiction: Going Around in Generic Circles David Clayton Essay
vii Introduction: Toward a Theory of Interaction George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin Essay