Publication: Science Fiction: A Collection of Critical Essays

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Publication: Science Fiction: A Collection of Critical EssaysPublication Record # 292668
Author: Mark Rose
Date: 1976-07-00
ISBN: 0-13-794966-9 [978-0-13-794966-3]
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Pages: x+174
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: NONFICTION
Notes:
- "(c) 1976", printing line "10 9 8 ... 3 2 1", ISBN and LCCN on copyright page.
- Back flap of DJ has probably date code of "776" Entered here as 1976-07-00.
- The three closing essays "Chronology....", "Notes....", and "Selected Bibliography" are uncredited in the publication but have been attributed to the editor Mark Rose in this record.
External IDs:
- LCCN: 76-19008
- OCLC/WorldCat: 2396154
- Reginald-3: 32651

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Nonfiction Title: Science Fiction: A Collection of Critical Essays • nonfiction by Mark Rose

Contents (view Concise Listing)

1 • Introduction (Science Fiction: A Collection of Critical Essays) • essay by Mark Rose
9 • Starting Points • (1960) • essay by Kingsley Amis
30 • Science Fiction and Literature • (1963) • essay by Robert Conquest
46 • The Roots of Science Fiction • (1975) • essay by Robert Scholes
57 • On the Poetics of the Science Fiction Genre • (1972) • essay by Darko Suvin
72 • The Time-Travel Story and Related Matters of SF Structuring • (1976) • essay by
Stanisław Lem^?Stanislaw Lem
(variant of The Time Travel Story and Related Matters of SF Structuring 1974) [as by Stanislaw Lem]
89 • Genre Criticism: Science Fiction and the Fantastic • (1976) • essay by Eric S. Rabkin
103 • On Science Fiction • (1955) • essay by C. S. Lewis
116 • The Imagination of Disaster • (1965) • essay by Susan Sontag
132 • How to Play Utopia: Some Brief Notes on the Distinctiveness of Utopian Fiction • (1968) • essay by Michael Holquist
147 • The Apocalyptic Imagination, Science Fiction, and American Literature • (1974) • essay by David Ketterer
156 • Science Fiction and the Future • (1975) • essay by John Huntington
167 • Chronology of Important Dates (Science Fiction: A Collection of Critical Essays) • essay by Mark Rose
171 • Notes on the Editor and Contributors (Science Fiction: A Collection of Critical Essays) • essay by Mark Rose
173 • Selected Bibliography (Science Fiction: A Collection of Critical Essays) • essay by Mark Rose

Primary Verifications

Verifier	Date	Type	Last User Activity Date
Kpulliam	2009-06-30 23:40:40	Permanent	2021-01-03
Markwood	2020-07-06 17:16:34	Permanent	2025-05-19

Secondary Verifications

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Bluesman	2018-01-31 19:30:39
Reginald3	Verified	Bluesman	2018-01-31 19:30:39
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2018-01-31 19:30:39

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