The science fiction book : an illustrated history /
Discusses the history of science fiction, including Frankenstein, Mr. Hyde, Dr. Moreau, Mars stories, dime novels and pulp heroes, Cyrano de Bergerac, Hugo Gernsback, Tsiolkovsky, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Abraham Merritt, robots, E.E. "Doc" Smith, H.P. Lovecraft, John W. Campbell Jr., Jules V...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Seabury Press,
[1975]
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| Series: | Continuum book (Seabury Press)
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| Summary: | Discusses the history of science fiction, including Frankenstein, Mr. Hyde, Dr. Moreau, Mars stories, dime novels and pulp heroes, Cyrano de Bergerac, Hugo Gernsback, Tsiolkovsky, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Abraham Merritt, robots, E.E. "Doc" Smith, H.P. Lovecraft, John W. Campbell Jr., Jules Verne, Olaf Stapledon, C.S. Lewis, H.G. Wells, Isaac Asimov, hollow earth stories, Arthur Conan Doyle, anti-utopian fiction, Albert Robida, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert A. Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, Hannes Bok, Buck Rogers, Superman, television science fiction, aliens, science fiction in the Soviet Union, France, Japan, Italy, Spain, Rumania, and Germany, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Stanislaw Lem, science fiction fandom, the Nebula Awards and the Hugo Awards. |
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| Physical Description: | 160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-158). |
| ISBN: | 0816491690 9780816491698 |