LEADER 05172nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910815321903321 005 20240401162845.0 010 $a0-8108-9123-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000001113533 035 $a(EBL)1364054 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000984859 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12413575 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000984859 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11012854 035 $a(PQKB)11035029 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1364054 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1364054 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10753501 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL513389 035 $a(OCoLC)857463294 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001113533 100 $a20130911d2013 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aParatexts $eintroductions to science fiction and fantasy /$fJames Gunn 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLanham, Md. ;$aPlymouth, England $cScarecrow Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (243 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8108-9122-0 311 $a1-299-82138-3 327 $aContents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prefaces to Books by James Gunn; Star Bridge; Station in Space; Breaking Point; The Immortals; The Joy Makers; The Magicians; Some Dreams Are Nightmares; The Burning; The Listeners; Human Voices; Gift from the Stars; The Dreamers; Kampus; Masterpieces of Science Fiction; Masterpieces and Me; The Foundation TrilogyIsaac Asimov; Stranger in a Strange LandRobert A. Heinlein; The World of Null-AA. E. van Vogt; A Canticle for LeibowitzWalter M. Miller Jr.; 1984George Orwell; A Clockwork OrangeAnthony Burgess; FuryHenry Kuttner 327 $aOut of the Silent PlanetC. S. LewisThe Moon PoolA. Merritt; What Mad UniverseFredric Brown; Blood MusicGreg Bear; Speaker for the DeadOrson Scott Card; Islands in the NetBruce Sterling; The PostmanDavid Brin; When Gravity FailsGeorge Alec Effinger; Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?Philip K. Dick; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyDouglas Adams; Childhood's EndArthur C. Clarke; Doomsday BookConnie Willis; Brute OrbitsGeorge Zebrowski; CityClifford D. Simak; FlatlandEdwin A. Abbott; Flowers for AlgernonDaniel Keyes; The Island of Dr. MoreauH. G. Wells; The Sword of the LictorGene Wolfe 327 $aJemFrederik PohlThe Lost WorldArthur Conan Doyle; The Dead ZoneStephen King; Masterpieces of Fantasy; The Other Side of the Mirror; Nine Princes in AmberRoger Zelazny; MagicianRaymond E. Feist; The Malacia TapestryBrian W. Aldiss; Mythago WoodRobert Holdstock; The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan HoagRobert A. Heinlein; The Belgariad: Pawn of ProphecyDavid Eddings; The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever: Lord Foul's BaneStephen R. Donaldson; The Mists of AvalonMarion Zimmer Bradley; Three Hearts and Three LionsPoul Anderson 327 $aThe Complete Compleat EnchanterL. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher PrattDarker Than You ThinkJack Williamson; Black Easter and The Day After JudgmentJames Blish; Gather, Darkness!Fritz Leiber; GormenghastMervyn Peake; The Last UnicornPeter Beagle; Little, BigJohn Crowley; The Lord of the RingsJ. R. R. Tolkien; Lord Valentine's CastleRobert Silverberg; Signed First Editions of Science Fiction; Falling FreeLois McMaster Bujold; Ancient ShoresJack McDevitt; Blue MarsKim Stanley Robinson; Cloud's RiderC. J. Cherryh; CosmGregory Benford; Destiny's RoadLarry Niven; DragonseyeAnne McCaffrey 327 $aDreamfallJoan D. VingeEvolution's ShoreIan McDonald; A Fisherman of the Inland SeaUrsula K. Le Guin; Illegal AlienRobert J. Sawyer; LifehouseSpider Robinson; The Memory CathedralJack Dann; MoonriseBen Bova; Index; About the Author 330 $aIn the mid-1980s, Easton Press began publishing a series of leather-bound collector editions called "Masterpieces of Science Fiction," and "Masterpieces of Fantasy," which featured some of the most important works in these genres. Author James Gunn was commissioned to write introductions to these works, which allowed him to pay tribute to many authors who inspired and influenced him. In Paratexts: Introductions to Science Fiction and Fantasy, Gunn has collected the most significant essays produced for the Easton series, a 606 $aScience fiction, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aScience fiction, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFantasy fiction, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFantasy fiction, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aScience fiction$xAuthorship 606 $aFantasy fiction$xAuthorship 615 0$aScience fiction, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aScience fiction, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFantasy fiction, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFantasy fiction, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aScience fiction$xAuthorship. 615 0$aFantasy fiction$xAuthorship. 676 $a823/.087609 700 $aGunn$b James E.$f1923-2020.$01653741 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815321903321 996 $aParatexts$94005176 997 $aUNINA