Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century by Edward James

Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century by Edward James

This work is an attempt to look beyond science fiction as a series of texts and authors, and to try to see it for what it is - a peculiarly 20th-century genre of literature, which tries to make sense of the changes which science and technology has brought to modern society. It is also a cultural phenomenon which had had a considerable impact upon the way in which people view the world and their place in it. The book traces science fiction from the 19th century, through the establishment of American domination of the field after 1945, to the large-scale industry which it has now become. It also examines the special pleasures experienced by the science fiction reader, and the way in which this has brought into existence a community of readers and writers. Edward James is the editor of "Foundation: The Review of Science Fiction" and the first volume of "The New Cambridge Medieval History".

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ISBN 13	9780192892447
ISBN 10	0192892444
Title	Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century
Author	Edward James
Series	Opus
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	1994-11-01
Number of pages	264
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