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Science Fiction Writers: Critical Studies of the Major Authors from the Early Nineteenth Century to the Present Day
Author: | Everett F. Bleiler |
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Scribner, 1982 |
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Synopsis
Essays discuss the major works of science fiction authors from Poe to Niven, and includes bibliographies for each writer.
Table of Contents:
- xi - Introduction (Science Fiction Writers) - essay by Everett F. Bleiler
- 3 - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - essay by Brian W. Aldiss
- 11 - Edgar Allan Poe - essay by Everett F. Bleiler
- 19 - H. Rider Haggard - essay by John Scarborough
- 25 - H. G. Wells - essay by Brian W. Aldiss
- 31 - M. P. Shiel - essay by Everett F. Bleiler
- 39 - Garrett P. Serviss - essay by James L. Campbell, Sr.
- 45 - Arthur Conan Doyle - essay by James L. Campbell, Sr.
- 53 - Luis Philip Senarens - essay by Everett F. Bleiler
- 59 - Edgar Rice Burroughs - essay by Everett F. Bleiler
- 65 - A. Merritt - essay by Everett F. Bleiler
- 75 - John Taine - essay by James L. Campbell, Sr.
- 83 - S. Fowler Wright - essay by Everett F. Bleiler
- 91 - Olaf Stapledon - essay by James L. Campbell, Sr.
- 101 - Aldous Huxley - essay by John R. Pfeiffer
- 111 - Murray Leinster - essay by John Clute
- 119 - David H. Keller - essay by Brian Stableford
- 125 - E. E. Smith - essay by John Clute
- 131 - H. P. Lovecraft - essay by Colin Wilson
- 139 - Clark Ashton Smith - essay by Brian Stableford
- 145 - Stanley G. Weinbaum - essay by Brian Stableford
- 151 - John W. Campbell, Jr. - essay by Everett F. Bleiler
- 161 - C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner - essay by Frederick Shroyer
- 171 - Ray Bradbury - essay by Willis E. McNelly
- 179 - L. Sprague de Camp - essay by Brian Stableford
- 185 - Robert A. Heinlein - essay by Peter Nicholls
- 197 - Eric Frank Russell - essay by Malcolm Edwards
- 203 - Theodore Sturgeon - essay by Brian Stableford
- 209 - A. E. van Vogt - essay by Colin Wilson
- 219 - John Wyndham - essay by John Scarborough
- 225 - Jack Williamson - essay by Robert E. Myers
- 233 - George Orwell - essay by Charles L. Elkins
- 243 - C. S. Lewis - essay by John Clute
- 251 - Brian W. Aldiss - essay by Willis E. McNelly
- 259 - Poul Anderson - essay by Roald D. Tweet
- 267 - Isaac Asimov - essay by L. David Allen
- 277 - J. G. Ballard - essay by Brian Stableford
- 283 - Alfred Bester - essay by Willis E. McNelly
- 291 - James Blish - essay by John Clute
- 297 - John Brunner - essay by John R. Pfeiffer
- 305 - Algis Budrys - essay by Peter Nicholls
- 313 - Arthur C. Clarke - essay by David N. Samuelson
- 321 - Hal Clement - essay by Chris Morgan
- 329 - Samuel R. Delany - essay by Douglas Barbour
- 337 - Philip K. Dick - essay by Brian Stableford
- 345 - Gordon R. Dickson - essay by John Clute
- 351 - Thomas M. Disch - essay by Brian Stableford
- 357 - Harlan Ellison - essay by George E. Slusser
- 369 - Philip José Farmer - essay by Roald D. Tweet
- 377 - Frank Herbert - essay by Willis E. McNelly
- 387 - Fred Hoyle - essay by John Clute
- 393 - Damon Knight - essay by Gardner Dozois
- 401 - C. M. Kornbluth - essay by Malcolm Edwards
- 409 - Ursula K. Le Guin - essay by David N. Samuelson
- 419 - Fritz Leiber - essay by Brian Stableford
- 425 - Richard Matheson - essay by Peter Nicholls
- 433 - Judith Merril - essay by Chris Morgan
- 441 - Walter M. Miller, Jr. - essay by John B. Ower
- 449 - Michael Moorcock - essay by Peter Nicholls
- 459 - Larry Niven - essay by John Carr and Richard Finholt
- 467 - Chad Oliver - essay by L. David Allen
- 475 - Frederik Pohl - essay by David N. Samuelson
- 483 - Joanna Russ - essay by Marilyn J. Holt
- 491 - Margaret St. Clair - essay by John Clute
- 497 - Robert Sheckley - essay by Chris Morgan
- 505 - Robert Silverberg - essay by Malcolm Edwards
- 513 - Clifford D. Simak - essay by Roald D. Tweet
- 519 - Cordwainer Smith - essay by Chris Morgan
- 525 - William Tenn - essay by Malcolm Edwards
- 531 - James Tiptree, Jr. - essay by Susan Wood
- 543 - Jack Vance - essay by Malcolm Edwards
- 551 - Kurt Vonnegut - essay by Charles L. Elkins
- 563 - Roger Zelazny - essay by Peter Nicholls
- 573 - Jules Verne - essay by Everett F. Bleiler
- 583 - Karel Capek - essay by John Clute
- 591 - Stanislaw Lem - essay by John Scarborough
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