• Publication: Extrapolation, December 1972Publication Record # 325554 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
• Editor: Thomas D. Clareson
• Date: 1972-12-00
• Publisher: College of Wooster
• Price:
  $1.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
• Pages: 96
• Format:
  digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
• Type: MAGAZINE
• Notes: Vol. 14, No. 1

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 3 • The Launching Pad (Extrapolation, December 1972) • essay by Thomas D. Clareson
• 6 • Science Fiction and the Merging of Romance and Realism • essay by Kenneth B. Newell
• 13 • Stanislaw Lem on Men and Robots • essay by Michael Kandel
• 25 • Optimism in Burgess's "A Clockwork Orange" • essay by Wayne Connelly [as by Wayne C. Connelly]
• 30 • The Limits of Science Fiction • essay by Gary K. Wolfe
• 39 • "Frankenstein", Bacon, and the 'Two Truths" • essay by Patrick J. Callahan
• 49 • Women and Sex in Science Fiction • essay by Beverly Friend
• 59 • On the Reading of an 'Old Book' • essay by Colman O'Hare
• 64 • SF in the Classroom: Special Topics: English 390 • essay by Thomas D. Clareson
• 67 • Reviews: An SF Bibliography • essay by Robert Galbreath
• 67 •   Review: SF Bibliographies: An Annotated Bibliography of Bibliographical Works on Science Fiction and Fantasy Fiction by Robert E. Briney and Edward Wood • review by Robert Galbreath
• 69 • Brief Mention • essay by Thomas D. Clareson
• 69 •   Review: H. G. Wells: Author in Agony by Alfred Borrello • review by Thomas D. Clareson
• 69 •   Review: Teaching Tomorrow: A Handbook of Science Fiction for Teachers by Elizabeth Calkins and Barry McGhan • review by Thomas D. Clareson
• 69 •   Review: A Spectrum of Worlds by Thomas D. Clareson • review by Thomas D. Clareson
• 70 •   Review: Tale of the Future from the Beginning to the Present Day: An Annotated Bibliography by I. F. Clarke • review by Thomas D. Clareson
• 70 •   Review: The Other Sides of Reality: Myths, Visions, and Fantasies by Walter M. Cummins and Martin Green and Margaret Verhulst • review by Thomas D. Clareson
• 70 •   Review: Atlantean Chronicles by Henry Eichner • review by Thomas D. Clareson
• 71 •   Review: Kurt Vonnegut: Fantasist of Fire and Ice by David H. Goldsmith • review by Thomas D. Clareson
• 71 •   Review: Focus on the Science Fiction Film by William Johnson • review by Thomas D. Clareson
• 71 •   Review: Reference Guide to Fantastic Films, Volume 1: A-F by Walt Lee • review by Thomas D. Clareson
• 71 •   Review: Above the Human Landscape: A Social Science Fiction Anthology by Willis E. McNelly and Leon E. Stover • review by Thomas D. Clareson
• 73 • "Solaris" and the Illegitimate Suns of Science Fiction • essay by David Ketterer
• 90 • SF: A Literature of Humanity • essay by Mark Mumper