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Science Fiction: A General Bibliographical Guide

5. GENERAL CRITICAL WORKS


This bibliography excludes all single-author studies. The call numbers are those of the main library of the University of Reading, except where stated otherwise. Aldiss, Brian W., with Wingrove, David. Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction (1986) (809.92-ALD) Amis, Kingsley. New Maps of Hell: A Survey of Science Fiction (1962) (823.08-AMI) Armitt, Lucie, ed., Where No Man Has Gone Before: Women and Science Fiction (1991) (809.3WHE) Attebery, Brian. Strategies of Fantasy (1992) (823.093-ATT) Bainbridge, William Sims. Dimensions of Science Fiction (1986) (809.3-BAI) Baxter, John. Science Fiction in the Cinema (1970) (791.435-BAX) (Bulmershe) Broderick, Damien. Reading by Starlight: Postmodern Science Fiction (1995) (823.91409-BRO) Brosnan, John. The Primal Screen. A History of Science Fiction Film (1991) (791.435-BRO) (Bulmershe) Bukatman, Scott. Terminal Identity: The Virtual Subject in Postmodern Science Fiction (1993) (813.5409-BUK) Cioffi, Frank. Formula Fiction? An Anatomy of American Science Fiction, 1930-40 (1982) (being catalogued) Clareson, Thomas D. Some Kind of Paradise: The Emergence of American Science Fiction (1985) (813.5209-CLA) Clarke, I.F. The Pattern of Expectation, 1644-2001 (1979) (909-CLA) Clarke, I.F. Voices Prophesying War, 1763-1984 (1966) (355-CLA) Clute, John. Look at the Evidence: Essays and Reviews (1995) (813.5409-CLU) Del Rey, Lester. The World of Science Fiction: The History of a Subculture (1979) (being catalogued) Davies, Philip John, ed. Science Fiction, Social Conflict and War (1990) (809.93-SCI) Garnett, Rhys and Ellis, R.J. eds. Science Fiction Roots and branches: Contemporary Critical Approaches (1990) (809.3-SCI) Greenland, Colin. The Entropy Exhibition. Michael Moorcock and the British New Wave' in Science Fiction (1983) (823.91409-GRE) Griffiths, John. Three Tomorrows: American, British and Soviet Science Fiction (1980) (809.3GRI) Jackson, Rosemary. Fantasy: The Literature of Subversion (1981) Jakubowski, Maxim and James, Edward, ed. The Profession of Science Fiction: SF Writers on their Craft and Ideas (1992) (being catalogued) James, Edward. Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century (1994) (823.91409-JAM) Ketterer, David. New Worlds for Old: The Apocalyptic Imagination, Science Fiction and American Literature (1974) (813.09-KET) Kroeber, Karl. Romantic Fantasy and Science Fiction (1988) (809.3-KRO) Kuhn, Annette, ed. Alien Zone: Cultural Theory and Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema (1990) (791.435-KUH) (Bulmershe) Kyle, David. The Pictorial History of Science Fiction (1976) (FOLIO-809.3-KYL) Lambourne, Robert; Shallis, Michael; Shortland, Michael, eds. Close Encounters? Science and Science Fiction (1990) (791.435-LAM) Le Guin, Ursula K. The Language of the Night. Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction (1989)

(809.93-LEG) Lefanu, Sarah. In the Chinks of the World Machine: Feminism and Science Fiction (1988) (809.3 LEF) Manlove, C.N. Science Fiction: Ten Explorations (1986) (809.3 MAN) McCaffery, Larry, ed. Across the Wounded Galaxy: Interviews with Contemporary American Science Fiction Writers (1990) (813.5409-MAC) McCaffery, Larry, ed. Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of Cyberpunk and Postmodern Science Fiction (1991) (813.5408-STO) McGuire, Patrick L. Red Stars: Political Aspects of Soviet Science Fiction (1985) (being catalogued) Meyers, Walter E. Aliens and Linguists: Language Study and Science Fiction (1980) (being catalogued) Moskowitz, Sam. Under the Moons of Mars. A History and Anthology of "The Scientific Romance" in the Munsey Magazines, 1912-1920 (1970) (813.5208-MOS) Moylan, Tom. Demand the Impossible: Science Fiction and the Utopian Imagination (1986) (809.93-MOY) Nicholls, Peter, ed. Science Fiction At Large (1976) (809.3-NIC) Panshin, Alexei and Cory. SF in Dimension (1976) (being catalogued) Parrinder, Patrick, ed. Science Fiction: A Critical Guide (1979) (809.3-SCI) Parrinder, Patrick. Science Fiction: Its Criticism and Teaching (1980) (809.3-PAR) Penley, Constance; Lyon, Elisabeth; Spigel, Lynn, eds. Close Encounters. Film, Feminism and Science Fiction (1990) (791.435-PEN) (Bulmershe) Rose, Mark, ed. Science Fiction: A Collection of Critical Essays (1976) (809.3-SCI) Rose, Mark. Alien Encounters. Anatomy of Science Fiction (1981) (809.3-ROS) Ruddick, Nicholas. Ultimate Island: On the Nature of British Science Fiction (1993) (823.093RUD) Russ, Joanna. To Write Like a Woman: Essays in Science Fiction and Feminism (1995) (823.093-RUS) Scholes, Robert. Structural Fabulation. An Essay on Fiction of the Future (1975) (809.3-SCH) Scholes, Robert and Rabkin, Eric S. Science Fiction: History - Science - Vision (1977) (809.3SCH) Seed, David, ed. Anticipations: Essays on Early Science Fiction and its Precursors (1995) (823.093-ANT) Slusser, George; Greenland, Colin; Rabkin, Eric S., eds. Storm Warnings: Science Fiction Confronts the Future (1987) (823.91409-STO) Slusser, George S. and Shippey, Tom, eds. Fiction 2000: Cyberpunk and the Future of Narrative (1993) Sobchack, Vivian. Screening Space: The American Science Fiction Film (1987) (791.435-SOB) (Bulmershe) Sobchack, Vivian. The Limits of Infinity: The American Science Fiction Film, 1950-75 (1980) (791.3435-SOB) (Bulmershe) Stableford, Brian. Scientific Romance in Britain, 1890-1950 (1985) (823.91209-STA) Suvin, Darko. Metamorphoses of Science Fiction: On the Poetics and History of a Genre (1979) (809.3-SUV) Suvin, Darko. Victorian Science Fiction in the UK: The Discourses of Knowledge and Power (1983) (823.8-SUV)

Suvin, Darko. Positions and Presuppositions in Science Fiction (1988) (809.3-SUV) Tulloch, John and Jenkins, Henry. Science Fiction Audiences. Watching Doctor Who and Star Trek (1995) (791.455-TUL) Warren, Bill. Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties (2 vols, 1982, 1986) (791.435-WAR Bulmershe) Warrick, Patricia. The Cybernetic Imagination in Science Fiction (1980) (809.3-WAR) Wolfe, Gary K. The Known and the Unknown: The Iconography of Science Fiction (1979) (809.3-WOL) Wolmark, Jenny. Aliens and Others: Science Fiction, Feminism and Postmodernism (1993) (809.3-WOL)

Science Fiction: A General Bibliographical Guide


6. ADDITIONAL GENERAL CRITICAL WORKS
These titles may be borrowed from Edward James Aldiss, Brian W. and Harrison, Harry, eds. Hell's Cartographers: Some Personal Histories of Science Fiction Writers (1975) Aldiss, Brian W. Billion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction (1973) Aldiss, Brian W. The Shape of Further Things: Speculation on Change (1970) Armytage, W.H.G. Yesterday's Tomorrows: A Historical Survey of Future Societies (1968) Ashley, Michael The History of the Science Fiction Magazine. Part One: 1926-1935 (1974); Part Two: 1936-1945 (1975); Part Three: 1946-1955 (1976) Atheling, William. Jr. ed. James Blish. The Issue at Hand (1964) Atheling, William, Jr. ed. James Blish. More Issues at Hand (1970) Attebery, Brian. The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature: From Irving to Le Guin (1980) Barr, Marleen S. Feminist Fabulation: Space/Postmodern Fiction (1992) Carter, Paul A. The Creation of Tomorrow: Fifty Years of Magazine Science Fiction (1977) Clute, John. Strokes: Essays and Reviews, 1966-1986 (1988) Delany, Samuel R. Silent Interviews: On Language, Race, Sex, Science Fiction and Some Comics (1994) Delany, Samuel R. The American Shore: Meditations on a Tale of Science Fiction by Thomas M. Disch Angouleme (1978) Delany, Samuel R. The Straits of Messina (1989) Gunn, James. Alternate Worlds: The Illustrated History of Science Fiction (1975) Gunn, James. Inside Science Fiction: Essays on Fantastic Literature (1992) Huntington, John. Rationalizing Genius: Ideological Strategies in the Classic American Science Fiction Short Story (1989) Kincaid, Paul. A Very British Genre: A Short History of British Fantasy and Science Fiction (1995) Knight, Damon. In Search of Wonder (2nd edition, 1967) Lane, Daryl; Vernon, William; and Carson, David eds. The Sound of Wonder: Interviews from `The Science Fiction Radio Show' 2 vols. (1985) Lem, Stanis aw. Microworlds: Writings on Science Fiction and Fantasy (1984) Lerner, Frederick Andrew. Modern Science Fiction and the American Literary Community (1985) Malmgren, Carl D. Worlds Apart: Narratology of Science Fiction (1991) Moskowitz, Sam. Explorers of the Infinite: Shapes of Modern Science Fiction (1963) Moskowitz, Sam. Seekers of Tomorrow: Masters of Modern Science Fiction (1966)

Moskowitz, Sam. Science Fiction by Gaslight. A History and Anthology of Science Fiction in the Popular Magazines, 1891-1911 (1968) Moskowitz, Sam. Science Fiction in Old San Francisco. 1. History of the Movement from 1954 to 1890. II. Into the Sun and Other Stories by Robert Duncan Milne (1980) Nicholls, Peter, ed. The Science in Science Fiction (1982) Panshin, Alexei and Cory. The World Beyond the Hill: Science Fiction and the Quest for Transcendence (1989) Platt, Charles, ed. Who Writes Science Fiction? (= Dream Makers, vol. 1) (1980) Platt, Charles, ed. Dream Makers, Volume II: The Uncommon Men and Women who Write Science Fiction (1983) Rogers, Alva. A Requiem for Astounding (1964) Stableford, Brian M. The Sociology of Science Fiction (1987) Stableford, Brian. The Way to Write Science Fiction (1989) Stableford, Brian. Outside the Human Aquarium: Masters of Science Fiction (1995) Stableford, Brian. Opening Minds. Essays on Fantastic Literature (1995) Wagar, W. Warren Terminal Visions: The Literature of Last Things (1982) Warner, Harry, Jr. All Our Yesterdays: An Informal History of Science Fiction Fandom in the Forties (1969)

Science Fiction: A General Bibliographical Guide


7. SIGNIFICANT STORY ANTHOLOGIES
Those titles without shelf numbers or "EJ" are being catalogued in the Library. Aldiss, Brian W., ed. Penguin Science Fiction (1961) Aldiss, Brian W., ed. Introducing SF: A Science Fiction Anthology (1964) Amis, Kingsley. Spectrum:A Science Fiction Anthology (1963) (823-AMI) Amis, Kingsley, ed. The Golden Age of Science Fiction (1981) Asimov, Isaac, ed. The Hugo Winners (1962) Bova, Ben, ed. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume 2A and 2B: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time (1973) Clarke, Arthur C., ed. Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume 4. The Complete Nebula Award Winners 1965-1969 (1981) Conklin, Groff, ed. Great Science Fiction by Scientists (1970) (813.5408-CON) Franklin, H. Bruce, ed. Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century (1966) (EJ) Green, Jen and Lefanu, Sarah, eds. Despatches from the Frontiers of the Female Mind (1985) Gunn, James, ed. The Road to Science Fiction, Volume 3: From Heinlein to Here (1979) Gunn, James, ed. The Road to Science Fiction, Volume 4: From Here to Forever (1982) Healy, Raymond J. and McComas, J. Francis, eds. Adventures in Time and Space (1946) Knight, Damon, ed., A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels (1964) Le Guin, Ursula K. and Attebery, Brian, eds. The Norton Book of Science Fiction. North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 (1993) (813.08-NOR) Leinster, Murray, ed. Great Stories of Science Fiction (1953) Pohl, Frederik, ed. The Expert Dreamers (1962) Pohl, Frederik, ed. The Great Science Fiction Series Stories from the best of the Series from 1944 to 1980 (1981) (823.91408-GRE) Silverberg, Robert, ed. The Science Fiction Fall of Fame, Volume 1 (1970)

Silverberg, Robert, ed. Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder (1988) Stover, Leon E. and Harrison, Harry, eds. Apeman, Spaceman (1968)

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