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Science Fiction Reader's Guide

L. David Allen

First published 1974
Publisher Centennial Press
Format Paperback
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Brunner
Pages 299
Price $1.50
ISBN 0822016117


• 1st printing as stated on copyright page. • Artist not credited but signature "Brunner" is readable. Copyright page states "First Centennial Press printing 1974" and "This book was originally published in 1973 under the title Science Fiction: An Introduction" Copyright is by C. K. Hillegass

Year Reviewer Publication
1976 Neil Barron Luna Monthly, #64, Summer 1976

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Page Title Author(s) Type
5 Categories of Science Fiction L. David Allen Essay
19 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea L. David Allen & Jules Verne Review
30 The Time Machine L. David Allen & H. G. Wells Review
40 I, Robot L. David Allen & Isaac Asimov Review
52 The Foundation Trilogy L. David Allen & Isaac Asimov Review
73 The Demolished Man L. David Allen & Alfred Bester Review
83 Childhood's End L. David Allen & Arthur C. Clarke Review
94 Conjure Wife L. David Allen & Fritz Leiber Review
103 Mission of Gravity L. David Allen & Hal Clement Review
112 A Canticle for Leibowitz L. David Allen & Walter M. Miller, Jr. Review
123 Dune L. David Allen & Frank Herbert Review
138 Stranger in a Strange Land L. David Allen & Robert A. Heinlein Review
166 The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress L. David Allen & Robert A. Heinlein Review
173 Rite of Passage L. David Allen & Alexei Panshin Review
184 The Left Hand of Darkness L. David Allen & Ursula K. Le Guin Review
198 Ringworld L. David Allen & Larry Niven Review
212 Toward a Definition of Science Fiction L. David Allen Essay
228 A Way of Reading Science Fiction: Another Look at "Dune" L. David Allen Essay
242 Guidelines for Reading Science Fiction L. David Allen Essay
244 On Verisimilitude and the Suspension of Disbelief in Science Fiction L. David Allen Essay
260 Awards for Science Fiction L. David Allen Essay
269 A Selected Bibliography of Science Fiction L. David Allen Essay
293 A Selected Bibliography of Works About Science Fiction L. David Allen Essay
296 Index L. David Allen Essay