The Wesleyan anthology of science fiction /
"Features over a 150 years' worth of the best science fiction ever collected in a single volume. The fifty-two stories and critical introductions are organized chronologically as well as thematically for classroom use. Filled with luminous ideas, otherworldly adventures, and startling futu...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Middletown, Conn. :
Wesleyan University Press,
[2010]
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| Online Access: | Table of contents 04 |
| Summary: | "Features over a 150 years' worth of the best science fiction ever collected in a single volume. The fifty-two stories and critical introductions are organized chronologically as well as thematically for classroom use. Filled with luminous ideas, otherworldly adventures, and startling futuristic speculations, these stories will appeal to all readers as they chart the emergence and evolution of science fiction as a modern literary genre. They also provide a fascinating look at how our Western technoculture has imaginatively expressed its hopes and fears from the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century to the digital age of today"--Publisher website |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 767 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780819569547 0819569542 9780819569554 0819569550 |