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Speculations on speculation : theories of science fiction / edited by James Gunn, Matthew Candelaria.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2005.Description: xix, 374 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 081084902X (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780810849020 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 809.3/8762 22
LOC classification:
  • PN3433.5 .S64 2005
Other classification:
  • 17.86
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction / James Gunn -- Before we begin / Matthew Candelaria -- Toward a definition of science fiction / James Gunn -- Coming to terms / Gary K. Wolfe -- Estrangement and cognition / Darko Suvin -- The number of the beast / Barry N. Malzberg -- On the origins of genre / Paul Kincaid -- SF and the genological jungle / Darko Suvin -- The readers of hard science fiction / James Gunn -- Science fiction and 'literature', or, The conscience of the king / Samuel R. Delany -- Science fiction and Mrs. Brown / Ursula K. Le Guin -- I could have been a contender ... / Barry N. Malzberg -- Introduction to Trillion year spree / Brian W. Aldiss with David Wingrove -- On the origin of species: Mary Shelley / Brian W. Aldiss with David Wingrove -- The roots of science fiction / Robert Scholes -- Science fiction and the dimension of myth / Alexei and Cory Panshin -- Some notes toward the true and the terrible / Barry N. Malzberg -- Wrong rabbit / Barry N. Malzberg -- The 'field' and the 'wave' : the history of New worlds / Colin Greenland -- Space opera redefined / David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer -- The golden age of science fiction is twelve / David Hartwell -- Some presumptuous approaches to science fiction / Samuel R. Delany -- Touchstones / James Gunn -- A user's guide to the postmoderns / Michael Swanwick -- Science fiction without the future / Judith Berman -- Slipstream / James Patrick Kelly.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-361) and index.

Introduction / James Gunn -- Before we begin / Matthew Candelaria -- Toward a definition of science fiction / James Gunn -- Coming to terms / Gary K. Wolfe -- Estrangement and cognition / Darko Suvin -- The number of the beast / Barry N. Malzberg -- On the origins of genre / Paul Kincaid -- SF and the genological jungle / Darko Suvin -- The readers of hard science fiction / James Gunn -- Science fiction and 'literature', or, The conscience of the king / Samuel R. Delany -- Science fiction and Mrs. Brown / Ursula K. Le Guin -- I could have been a contender ... / Barry N. Malzberg -- Introduction to Trillion year spree / Brian W. Aldiss with David Wingrove -- On the origin of species: Mary Shelley / Brian W. Aldiss with David Wingrove -- The roots of science fiction / Robert Scholes -- Science fiction and the dimension of myth / Alexei and Cory Panshin -- Some notes toward the true and the terrible / Barry N. Malzberg -- Wrong rabbit / Barry N. Malzberg -- The 'field' and the 'wave' : the history of New worlds / Colin Greenland -- Space opera redefined / David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer -- The golden age of science fiction is twelve / David Hartwell -- Some presumptuous approaches to science fiction / Samuel R. Delany -- Touchstones / James Gunn -- A user's guide to the postmoderns / Michael Swanwick -- Science fiction without the future / Judith Berman -- Slipstream / James Patrick Kelly.