← Back

Science Fiction and Market Realities

Gary Westfahl & George Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin

First published 1996
Publisher University of Georgia Press
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Jerry Uelsmann
Pages vii+220
Price $46.95
ISBN 0820317268

  • Data from Internet Archive scan
  • No date other than year. Full date from publisher's website.
  • First printing per number line
  • While cover has "&", title page has "and"
  • "Cover photo by Jerry Uelsmann" on rear dust jacket cover
  • "Cover design by Louise OFarrell" on rear dust jacket cover
  • No price on book. Price from publisher's website.
  • LCCN per copyright page
  • Introduction is not specifically credited, but it its written in plural (we)
  • "Most of the essays in this collection were presented at the J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy" on rear dust jacket cover
  • "New Islands in the Gutenberg Ocean" translated by Steven E. Merritt

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Introduction (Science Fiction and Market Realities) Eric S. Rabkin & George Slusser & Gary Westfahl Essay
7 Against Agoraphobia: Confronting the Idea of Marketplaces Gary Westfahl Essay
20 Science Fiction in the Real Word—Revisited Norman Spinrad Essay
36 The Distortion of the Product: Stresses on Science Fiction Literature David G. Hartwell Essay
56 Our Pious Hope: Science Fiction Marketing, Counter-Marketing, and Transcendence Kathryn Cramer Essay
71 The War Zone of Art: Science Fiction Writers, Publishers, and the Modern Marketplace Sheila Finch Essay
78 The Homeostatic Culture Machine George Slusser Essay
101 "Turn That Shit Down!" Or, How to Market an Underground Frank McConnell Essay
111 Science Fiction and the Question of Canon Carl Freedman Essay
122 Selling Science Fiction to Young Readers C. W. Sullivan, III Essay
130 Making the Pulpmonster Safe for Demography: Omni Magazine and the Gentrification of Science Fiction Howard V. Hendrix Essay
141 "Not Earth's Feeble Stars": Thoughts on John W. Campbell Jr.'s Editorship John Huntington Essay
151 In the Wake of the Wave: The British Science Fiction Market Gregory Benford Essay
161 New Islands in the Gutenberg Ocean: The Problems of Publishing Science Fiction in Russia Vladimir Gopman Essay
171 A Virtue of Necessity: Financial Limitations and the Emergence of the Video Fringe Peter Fitting Essay
184 Heroes and Villains: Ventures and Adventures in the Comic Book Industry Jeff Verona Essay
194 New Gateways to Adventure: The Creation and Marketing of Science Fiction Computer Games Clyde Wilcox & Kevin Wilcox Essay