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He called it "an invaluable compendium of and contribution to fifty years of science fiction research", representing "a true conceptual breakthrough" for the field of science fiction studies, and noted that even more than the encyclopedia's previous edition, this one "is the one essential reference book for anyone interested in science fiction ...
During 1979, Nicholls edited The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (published in the USA as The Science Fiction Encyclopedia), with John Clute as associate editor. [5] [clarification needed] Most of its 730,000 words were written by Nicholls, Clute and two contributing editors. [citation needed] It won the 1980 Hugo Award for the Nonfiction Book ...
His best-known solo work is the Hammer's Slammers series of military science fiction. [3] His newer RCN Series was a space opera inspired by the Aubrey–Maturin novels. [7] In 1997, Drake began his largest fantasy series, Lord of the Isles, using elements of Sumerian religion and medieval technology. In 2007, Drake finished the series with its ...
[3] [4] [5] Tuck married Audrey Jean Cranston in May 1954. He continued to expand his Handbook; the second edition was published in 1959 and received a "Special Hugo" at the World Science Fiction Convention in 1962. [6] [7] The couple established a home in Lindisfarne, on Hobart's eastern shore, and had a son in 1961.
The third edition of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (with David Langford and Peter Nicholls) was released online as a beta text in October 2011 and has since been greatly expanded; it won the Hugo Award for Best Related Work in 2012.
The consultant editor was fantasy and science fiction author Robert Holdstock [2] who also contributed a chapter on modern perceptions of science fiction. The foreword was written by Isaac Asimov . Other notable contributors include novelists Brian Stableford , Harry Harrison , and Christopher Priest , the editor and publisher Malcolm Edwards ...
Science Fiction Literature through History: An Encyclopedia is a 2021 reference work written by science fiction scholar Gary Westfahl and published by ABC-Clio/Greenwood.The book contains eight essays on the history of science fiction, eleven thematic essays on how different topics relate to science fiction, and 250 entries on various science fiction subgenres, authors, works, and motifs.
Beyer's Minions of the Moon was reprinted in Two Complete Science-Adventure Books in 1952. Minions of the Moon (1939) [Mark Nevins Book 1] "Let 'Em Eat Space" (1939) Minions of Mars (1940) [Mark Nevins Book 2] Minions of Mercury (1940) [Mark Nevins Book 3] Minions of the Shadow (1941) [Mark Nevins Book 4] Eenie, Meenie, Minie — Murder! (1945)