James Gunn

Road to Science Fiction

From Wells to Heinlein

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Produktbeschreibung

Now in paperback! Cloth edition previously published in 1979. Volume 2: From Wells to Heinlein, samples the science fiction from a wide variety of authors that paved the way for the Golden Age.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scarecrow Press
• Seitenzahl: 534
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 764g
• ISBN-13: 9780810844391
• ISBN-10: 0810844397
• Artikelnr.: 25408798

Autorenporträt

The late James Gunn was emeritus professor of English at the University of Kansas and the author or editor of 45 books and 100+ short stories. A former president of both the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and the Science Fiction Research Association, he received their lifetime awards and induction into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. He lived in Lawrence, Kansas.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Acknowledgments
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 Science: The New Accelerator
Chapter 4 The New Accelerator-by H.G. Wells
Chapter 5 The Literary Dissent
Chapter 6 The Machine Stops-by E.M. Forster
Chapter 7 Islands in the Sky, Or Romance Triumphant
Chapter 8 FromUnder the Moons of Mars-by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Chapter 9 More Things Under Heaven and Earth
Chapter 10 The Moon Pool-by A. Merritt
Chapter 11 The Call of the Fantastic
Chapter 12 The Red One-by Jack London
Chapter 13 The Horror Out of Providence
Chapter 14 Dagon-by H.P. Lovecraft
Chapter 15 The Science-Fiction Magazine Begins Its Amazing Career
Chapter 16 The Tissue-Culture King-by Julian Huxley
Chapter 17 Pedestrian Words, Soaring Concepts
Chapter 18 The Revolt of the Pedestrians-by David H. Keller, M.D.
Chapter 19 The Philosopher of Time and Space
Chapter 20 FromLast and First Men-by Olaf Stapledon
Chapter 21 Ford's in His Flivver
Chapter 22 FromBrave New World-by Aldous Huxley
Chapter 23 The Alien from Milwaukee
Chapter 24 A Martian Odyssey-by Stanley G. Weinbaum
Chapter 25 Who Went There
Chapter 26 Twilight-by John W. Campbell
Chapter 27 The Idea Machine
Chapter 28 Proxima Centauri-by Murray Leinster
Chapter 29 The World-Wrecker on Mars
Chapter 30 What's It Like Out There?-by Edmond Hamilton
Chapter 31 The Legion of Science Fiction
Chapter 32 With Folded Hands-by Jack Williamson
Chapter 33 Mission of Levity
Chapter 34 Hyperpilosity-by L. Sprague de Camp
Chapter 35 The Alchemists Gather
Chapter 36 The Faithful-by Lester del Rey
Chapter 37 The Fairy Tales of Science
Chapter 38 Black Destroyer-by A.E. van Vogt
Chapter 39 The Stars Appear
Chapter 40 Nightfall-by Isaac Asimov
Chapter 41 The Man Who Sold the Genre
Chapter 42 Requiem-by Robert A. Heinlein
Chapter 43 A chronology of Science Fiction
Chapter 44 About the Editor