← Back

Science Fiction Dialogues

Gary Wolfe

First published 1982
Publisher Academy Chicago
Format Trade Paperback
Type Nonfiction
Pages viii+227
Price $8.95
ISBN 0897330676

  • No statement of edition or printing on the copyright page.
  • The copyright page contains the complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data including the year of publication (1982), the ISBN (0-89733-067-6), and the LCCN (82-16352).
  • The {{LCCN|82-16352}} gives the price as $7.95, so it's not known if there is an earlier edition.
  • Price and ISBN are printed on the back cover.
  • Book is divided into seven sections each with an introduction, presumably written by Wolfe.
    • Part One: Historical Questions (pages 7-24)
    • Part Two: Primary Sources in Science Fiction (pages 25-82)
    • Part Three: Approaches to "Hard" Science Fiction (pages 83-112)
    • Part Four: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and the History of Ideas (pages 113 - 152)
    • Part Five: Feminism and Science Fiction (pages 153-168)
    • Part Six: The Pilgrim Award (pages 169-190)
    • Part Seven: Resources (pages 191-214)

Year Reviewer Publication
1983 uncredited Extrapolation, Spring 1983

Searching by ISBN: 0897330676

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Introduction: Science Fiction in the Eighties James Gunn Essay
9 A Monster for All Seasons Brian Aldiss Essay
27 The Correspondence of Olaf Stapledon and H. G. Wells, 1931-1942 Robert Crossley Essay
58 Nonliterary Influences on Science Fiction Algis Budrys Essay
71 Horace L. Gold: An Editor with English Joseph Marchesani Essay
85 The Irony in Hal Clement's Word Building Donald M. Hassler Essay
99 The Niven of Oz: Ringworld as Science Fictional Reinterpretation Thomas J. Remington Essay
115 Salvation-Knowledge: Ironic Gnosticism in Valis and The Flight to Lucifer Robert Galbreath Essay
133 History and Utopia in Marge Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time Thomas P. Moylan Essay
141 Mechanism and Medievalism in John Gardner's Grendel Rudy S. Spraycar Essay
155 Widening the Dialogue on Feminist Science Fiction June Howard Essay
173 Sam Moskowitz: Scholar of the Sense of Wonder Joe de Bolt Essay
181 Pilgrim's Progress: Prelude and Postscripts to the Publication of J. O. Bailey's Pilgrims Through Space and Time Sam Moskowitz Essay
193 SF: Fan to Scholar Industry Neil Barron Essay
201 Some Recent Writings on SF and Fantasy in Germany Franz Rottensteiner Essay
206 Science Fiction Abroad: Romania Ion Hobana Essay
207 Science Fiction Abroad: Italy Inisero Cremaschi Essay
207 Science Fiction Abroad: The Netherlands J. A. Dautzenberg Essay
208 Science Fiction Abroad: Israel Nachman Ben-Yehuda Essay
210 Science Fiction Fan Conventions Jan Bogstad Essay
215 Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Scholarship, 1980-82 Marshall B. Tymn Essay
vii Preface (Science Fiction Dialogues) Gary K. Wolfe Essay