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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Novela y cine de ciencia ficción española contemporánea	Cristina Sánchez Conejero	v, 298 p. ; 24 cm	OL11667970W
The seven beauties of science fiction	Csicsery-Ronay, Istvan Jr.	"As the world undergoes daily transformations through the application of technoscience to every aspect of life, science fiction has become an essential mode of imagining the horizons of possibility. …	OL11984304W
Philip K. Dick	Philip K. Dick	"Philip K. Dick: (1928-1982) was a writer of incandescent originality and astonishing fertility, who made and unmade fictional world-systems with ferocious rapidity and unbridled speculative daring. …	OL14918518W
Through eyes of wonder	Ben Bova	Discusses the relationship between science and science fiction with examples from literature.	OL14923244W
Pioneers of wonder	Eric Leif Davin	Long before Ray Bradbury, Arthur C Clarke, Gene Roddenberry, and Chris Carter, the names of David Lasser, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Hugo Gernsback, and Sam Moskowitz were well known by the first fans of a…	OL15026822W
Science fiction and computing	David L. Ferro,Eric Gottfrid Swedin	"Given the decline in students entering scientific, engineering and mathematical disciplines in the United States, this is a particularly important question within computer science. The 18 chapters i…	OL15933316W
Mythmakers & Lawbreakers	Margaret Killjoy	The best fiction has always been a little…dangerous. For centuries, authors have used the veil of fiction to cast a critical eye toward the larger society around them: think of Emile Zola, Victor Hug…	OL16077096W
Star Trek and philosophy	Jason T. Eberl,Kevin S. Decker	"Essays address philosophical aspects of the five television series and ten feature films that make up the Star Trek fictional universe"--Provided by publisher.	OL18561067W
The influence of imagination	Lee Easton,Randy Schroeder	"This collection of qualitative essays explores the potential connections between speculative narrative in fictional works and actual social change. Through a variety of approaches and methodologies,…	OL18598413W
Kim Stanley Robinson maps the unimaginable	William J. Burling	"These essays examine Robinson's use of alternate history and politics, both in his many novels and in his short stories. This collection, drawn from writers on four continents, includes five new ess…	OL18760870W
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein's creator	Joan Kane Nichols	A biography of the nineteenth-century English writer who at the age of nineteen wrote the classic horror novel "Frankenstein."	OL1914577W
Future imperfect	Rex Malik	ix, 219 p. : 23 cm	OL19156927W
Close encounters of the invasive kind	Sarah Seymore	Before the breakthrough of postcolonial studies, British science-fiction authors already saw the opportunity to discuss political and ethical issues of imperialism by projecting human history and beh…	OL24158910W
A Canticle for Leibowitz	Walter M. Miller Jr.	Highly unusual After the Holocaust novel. In the far future, 20th century texts are preserved in a monastery, as "sacred books". The monks preserve for centuries what little science there is, and …	OL2626638W
Fear to the World	Kevin E. Proulx	Despite the ominous title, Kevin Proulx's FEAR TO THE WORLD is actually a surprisingly engaging collection of interviews with American and British writers specializing in genre fiction of the sci-fi …	OL3411125W
Transformations	Michael Ashley	The second volume covering the period 1950 to 1970 which was both a turbulent time in magazine history and, at least in part, the true Golden Age of the science-fiction magazine.	OL3744922W
The span of mainstream and science fiction	Peter Brigg	"This book examines works by Thomas Pynchon, Doris Lessing, and others who incorporate science into fiction and exemplify the movement of mainstream fiction writers toward a new genre herein termed "…	OL4957001W
A reading guide to A wrinkle in time, by Madeleine L'Engle	Manuela Soares	Discusses the writing, characters, plot, and themes of this 1963 Newbery award-winning book. Includes discussion questions and activities.	OL5960651W
The Way The Future Was	Frederik Pohl	Pohl is known today as a Silver-to-Golden-Age science fiction writer, but during his development in the craft became one of its first significant publishers and literary agents. Together with John W…	OL60929W
Asimov on science fiction [55 essays]	Isaac Asimov	Collection of short essays dealing with various aspects of science fiction. Many of the essays are (slightly edited versions of) editorials from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. My Own Vi…	OL8261835W