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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795955403321

Autore

Booker M. Keith

Titolo

The science fiction handbook / / M. Keith Booker and Anne-Marie Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, UK : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

9786612117169

1-282-11716-5

1-78268-932-X

1-4443-1035-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 348 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

ThomasAnne-Marie

Soggetti

Science fiction, English - History and criticism

Science fiction, American - History and criticism

Science fiction - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-340) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This handbook offers a survey of the science fiction genre, looking at the history of this increasingly popular branch of fiction. It features on key science fiction authors including George Orwell and Margaret Atwood, together with extensive discussion of major science fiction novels and sequences.