The Cambridge History of Science Fiction

doi:10.1017/9781316694374

The first science fiction course in the American academy was held in the early 1950s. In the sixty years since, science fiction has become a recognized and established literary genre with a significant and growing body of scholarship. The Cambridge History of Science Fiction is a landmark volume as the first authoritative history of the genre. Over forty contributors with diverse and complementary specialties present a history of science fiction across national and genre boundaries, and trace its intellectual and creative roots in the philosophical and fantastic narratives of the ancient past. Science fiction as a literary genre is the central focus of the volume, but fundamental to its story is its non-literary cultural manifestations and influence. Coverage thus includes transmedia manifestations as an integral part of the genre's history, including not only short stories and novels, but also film, art, architecture, music, comics, and interactive media.

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The Cambridge History of Science Fiction
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The Cambridge History of Science Fiction - Title page
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Dedication
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Contents
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Illustrations
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Contributors
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Acknowledgments
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Chronology
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On Not Defining Science Fiction: An Introduction
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- By Eric Carl Link, Gerry Canavan
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Part I - Before the New Wave
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1 - Science Fiction before Science Fiction: Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern SF
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- By Ryan Vu
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2 - Interrelations: Science Fiction and the Gothic
pp 35-49
- By Roger Luckhurst
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3 - European Science Fiction in the Nineteenth Century
pp 50-68
- By Terry Harpold
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4 - Inventing New Worlds: The Age of Manifestos and Utopias
pp 69-85
- By Rhys Williams
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5 - War Machines and Child Geniuses: American Edisonades
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- By Nathaniel Williams
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6 - Afrofuturism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
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- By W. Andrew Shephard
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7 - Science Fiction, Modernism, and the Avant-Garde
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- By Paul March-Russell
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8 - The Gernsback Years: Science Fiction and the Pulps in the 1920s and 1930s
pp 135-148
- By Brooks Landon
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9 - Astounding Stories: John W. Campbell and the Golden Age, 1938–1950
pp 149-165
- By Michael R. Page
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10 - Science Fiction in Continental Europe before the Second World War
pp 166-185
- By Salvatore Proietti
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11 - Rise of the Supermen: Science Fiction during the Second World War
pp 186-200
- By Andrew Pilsch
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12 - Utopia … : Science Fiction in the 1950s and 1960s
pp 201-217
- By Malisa Kurtz
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13 - … or Bust: Science Fiction and the Bomb, 1945–1960
pp 218-231
- By Brent Ryan Bellamy
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14 - Women in the Golden Age of Science Fiction
pp 232-246
- By Jane Donawerth
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15 - Better Living through Chemistry: Science Fiction and Consumerism in the Cold War
pp 247-264
- By Lee Konstantinou
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16 - “The Golden Age of Science Fiction Is Twelve”: Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction into the 1980s
pp 265-278
- By Michael Levy
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17 - Spectacular Horizons: The Birth of Science Fiction Film, Television, and Radio, 1900–1959
pp 279-294
- By Sean Redmond
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18 - Fandom and Fan Culture in the Golden Age and Beyond
pp 295-307
- By Karen Hellekson
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19 - Science Fiction and Its Critics
pp 308-320
- By Rob Latham
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