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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 ...
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.
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (first edition published 1979; now online), edited by Peter Nicholls and John Clute; Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, with consultant editor Robert Holdstock; The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy (2005), edited by Gary Westfahl; Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, by Don D'Ammassa
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-13486-X. Tuck, Donald H. (1978). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 439. ISBN 0-911682-22-8. Wilson, Neil. Shadows in the Attic : a guide to British supernatural fiction, 1820-1950. British Library, London, 2000. ISBN 9780712310741
Ace Books have published hundreds of science fiction titles, starting in 1953. Many of these were Ace Doubles ( dos-à-dos format), but they also published many single volumes. Between 1953 and 1968, the books had a letter-series identifier; after that date they were given five digit numeric serial numbers.
Richard Neil Barron (23 March 1934 - 5 September 2010) was a science fiction bibliographer and scholar. His training was as a librarian. He is perhaps best known for his book Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction. [1] He won the Pilgrim Award for Lifetime Achievement in the field of science fiction scholarship in 1982. He died ...
Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction (1976) Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition (1981) Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction: Third Edition (1987) Anatomy of Wonder 4: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction (1995) Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction: Fifth Edition (2004)
They date the Golden Age as beginning in 1939 and lasting until 1963. The book was later reprinted as the first half of Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction, Fourth Series with the second half being Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 (1946). This volume was originally published by DAW books in July 1982. [2]