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Pastoral science fiction —science fiction set in rural, bucolic, or agrarian worlds, either on Earth or on Earth-like planets, in which advanced technologies are downplayed. Seasteading and ocean colonization. Pirate utopia. Reality Television. Space colonization. Colonization of the Moon. Ecumenopolis.
—Octavia E. Butler, in Carolyn S. Davidson's "The Science Fiction of Octavia Butler." From an early age, an almost paralyzing shyness made it difficult for Butler to socialize with other children. Her awkwardness, paired with a slight dyslexia that made schoolwork a torment, made Butler an easy target for bullies. She believed that she was "ugly and stupid, clumsy, and socially hopeless." As ...
Samuel R. " Chip " Delany (/ dəˈleɪni /, də-LAY-nee; born April 1, 1942) is an American writer and literary critic. His work includes fiction (especially science fiction), memoir, criticism, and essays on science fiction, literature, sexuality, and society. His fiction includes Babel-17, The Einstein Intersection (winners of the Nebula ...
978-0-911682-31-1. In Search of Wonder: Essays on Modern Science Fiction is a collection of critical essays by American writer Damon Knight. Most of the material in the original version of the book was originally published between 1952 and 1955 in various science fiction magazines including Infinity Science Fiction, Original SF Stories, and ...
Heinlein juveniles. The Heinlein juveniles are the science-fiction novels written by Robert A. Heinlein for Scribner's young-adult line. Each features "a young male protagonist entering the adult world of conflict, decisions, and responsibilities." [1] Together, they tell a loosely connected story of space exploration.
Neal Stephenson. Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction. His novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk and baroque. Stephenson's work explores mathematics, cryptography, linguistics, philosophy, currency, and the history of science.
Flowers for Algernon is a short story by American author Daniel Keyes, later expanded by him into a novel and subsequently adapted for film and other media.The short story, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960. [2]
9780151594801. Microworlds: Writings on Science Fiction and Fantasy is a 1984 book by Polish author Stanisław Lem, a collection of his essays on the genres of science fiction and fantasy in general, as well as about specific authors and their works. It is edited by Franz Rottensteiner and published in the United States by Harcourt Brace & Company.