دانلود کتاب Science Fiction : History - Science - Vision

What’s science fiction all about? Two distinguished critics who obviously like sf have compiled a thinking person’s guide to the genre. It provides an overview for the novice and also enables the serious reader to compare personal critical judgment with that of two professionals. It helps fans put into perspective the novels they’ve read and points out others worth reading.
Science Fiction: History-Science-Vision is a stimulating synthesis of the intellectual, social, and scientific elements that comprise the world of science fiction. A summary of literary developments stresses the most significant writers. It begins with the progenitor of the species—Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein—covers the achievements of Poe, Verne, Bellamy, H. G. Wells, and Burroughs, and offers insight into the present, when writers like Kurt Vonnegut and Anthony Burgess are crossing the dividing line between sf and “mainstream” literature. A chapter covers the evolution of scientific ideas and their impact on literature and sf. Finally the book considers the forms, themes, and social concerns of science fiction and provides critical readings of ten major novels, including The Time Machine, We, Star Maker, A Canticle for Leibowitz, and The Left Hand of Darkness.
Valuable aids for the reader include an index to authors, titles, and recurring themes, and extensive bibliographies.
Robert Scholes is Professor of English at Brown University. He is the author of many books, including Structural Tabulation and Structuralism in Literature. Eric Rabkin is Professor of English at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His books include The Fantastic in Literature and Narrative Suspense.