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Cover of Best of Vector Vol 1: The State of the Art

Best of Vector Vol 1: The State of the Art

Paul Kincaid & Maureen Kincaid Speller

First published 2015
Publisher BSFA
Format A5
Type Nonfiction
Cover art www.graphicstock.com
Pages 93

  • No date other than "2015" on copyright page, however the publication was bundled with Vector 281 which appeared in October 2015.
  • Without an explicit "published by" on the copyright page, it is assumed the BSFA is the publisher: copyright page states "First published on behalf of the BSFA, 2015", and also "Layout and design by Alex Bardy for Stormcat Publications, 2015."
  • "BSFA Special" on spine only, "The State of the Art" appears on title page and contents page.
  • Page count does not include covers.
  • Pubication is divided into 9 chapters, reproducing articles from issues of Vector that cover different critical aspects of science fiction.

Page Title Author(s) Type
5 Introduction (Best of Vector Vol 1) Paul Kincaid & Maureen Kincaid Speller Essay
6 Hokum Maybe? Brian W. Aldiss Essay
6 Towards a Better Definition John T. Phillifent Essay
8 Editorial (Vector 12, Summer 1961) James Groves Essay
9 What Is SF? Gordon Johnson Essay
11 The Ingrown George Locke Essay
14 If This Goes On Charles Smith Essay
16 The Real Thing James Parkhill-Rathbone Essay
18 The Future of Science-Fiction C. Clarke Essay
19 Concepts of SF Jim England Essay
21 Science Fiction and Philosophy Richard Gordon Essay
25 Intimations of Mortality Richard Poole Essay
29 The Ghost in the Pen Michael Cobley Essay
34 My Father's House Damon Knight Essay
36 Guest of Honour Speech – Eastercon 1968 Ken Bulmer Essay
38 Science or Fiction Tony Sudbery Essay
42 British SF: An American View Cy Chauvin Essay
46 British SF: A British View of an American View Mark Adlard Essay
48 British SF: An Obituary Paul Kincaid Essay
51 Don't Forget, I'm an Artifice Cy Chauvin Essay
54 A Little More Off the Top (Vector 95) Mike Dickinson Essay
56 SF in the 80s Roz Kaveney Essay
59 Science Fiction in the Seventies Brian Stableford Essay
68 Standpoint: Guns of the Timberland Joseph Nicholas Essay
70 Saving the Tale David Wingrove Essay
79 Editorial: Towards a Critical Standard, Part IV Kevin Smith Essay
82 Standpoint: Survival of an Endangered Species Mary Gentle Essay
84 Journey to the Genre's Core Gregory Benford Essay
86 What Do We Do Now That the Future Is Here? Elizabeth Sourbut Essay
89 No More New World Orders Martin Lewis Essay