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The Mechanics of Wonder
The Creation of the Idea of Science Fiction
by Gary Westfahl
ISBN: 0853235732
ISBN-13: 9780853235736
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Published date: 1999
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Weight: 1.2 pounds
Pages: 344
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Mechanics of Wonder The Creation of the Idea of Science Fiction
Westfahl, Gary
Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1998. Paperback Near fine, bright copy. 344pp. Part of the Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies series. Argues that the origins of science fiction lie with Hugo Gernsback and examines how the Gernsback tradition was developed by later writers. This provides a re-evalutaion of John W. Campbell as well as a reading of Robert Heinlein's 'Beyond the Horizon'. Other writers covered include Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe and H. G. Wells. Detailed biography. Text is not properly aleigned on some pages though all text is clearly readable. Minimal wear. ( more information)
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