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A Companion to Science Fiction

David Seed

First published 2005
Publisher Blackwell Publishers
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Jim Burns
Pages xvi+612
ISBN 1405112182

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Year Reviewer Publication
2006 Neil Easterbrook SFRA Review #278

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Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Introduction: Approaching Science Fiction uncredited Essay
11 Hard Reading: The Challenges of Science Fiction Tom Shippey Essay
27 The Origins of Science Fiction George Slusser Essay
43 Science Fiction/Criticism Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr. Essay
60 Science Fiction Magazines: The Crucibles of Change Mike Ashley Essay
79 Utopia Phillip E. Wegner Essay
95 Science Fiction and Religion Stephen R. L. Clark Essay
111 "Monsters of the Imagination": Gothic, Science, Fiction Fred Botting Essay
127 Science Fiction and Ecology Brian Stableford Essay
142 Feminist Fabulation Marleen S. Barr Essay
156 Time and Identity in Feminist Science Fiction Jenny Wolmark Essay
171 Science Fiction and the Cold War M. Keith Booker Essay
187 Hard Science Fiction Gary Westfahl Essay
202 The New Wave Rob Latham Essay
217 Cyberpunk Mark Bould Essay
232 Science Fiction and Postmodernism Veronica Hollinger Essay
248 The Renewal of "Hard" Science Fiction Donald M. Hassler Essay
261 American Science Fiction Film: An Overview Vivian Sobchack Essay
275 Figurations of the Cyborg in Contemporary Science Fiction Novels and Film Christine Cornea Essay
289 British Television Science Fiction Peter Wright Essay
309 Canadian Science Fiction Douglas Barbour Essay
323 Japanese and Asian Science Fiction Takayuki Tatsumi Essay
337 Australian Science Fiction Van Ikin & Sean McMullen Essay
353 The Grandeur of H. G. Wells Robert Crossley Essay
364 Isaac Asimov John Clute Essay
375 John Wyndham: The Facts of Life Sextet David Ketterer Essay
389 Philip K. Dick Christopher Palmer Essay
398 Samuel Delaney: A Biographical and Critical Overview Carl Freedman Essay
408 Ursula K. Le Guin Warren G. Rochelle Essay
420 Gwyneth Jones and the Anxieties of Science Fiction Andy Sawyer Essay
431 Arthur C. Clarke Edward James Essay
441 Greg Egan Russell Blackford Essay
455 Mary Shelley: Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus Susan E. Lederer & Richard M. Ratzan Essay
466 Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Herland Jill Rudd Essay
477 Aldous Huxley: Brave New World David Seed Essay
489 Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451 Brian Baker Essay
500 Joanna Russ: The Female Man Jeanne Cortiel Essay
512 J. G. Ballard: Crash Roger Luckhurst Essay
522 Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale Faye Hammill Essay
534 William Gibson: Neuromancer Andrew M. Butler Essay
544 Kim Stanley Robinson: Mars Trilogy Carol Franko Essay
556 Iain M. Banks: Excession Farah Mendlesohn Essay
567 Index (A Companion to Science Fiction) uncredited Essay
ix Notes on Contributors (A Companion to Science Fiction) uncredited Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
A Companion to Science Fiction Cover 2008 Blackwell Trade Paperback Nonfiction Jim Burns xvi+612