ANATOMY OF WONDER: A CRITICAL GUIDE TO SCIENCE FICTION. Second Edition
by Barron, Neil (editor)
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- A fine copy. (30948)
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NY & London: R.R. Bowker, 1981. First printing of the second edition. A fine copy. (30948). Octavo, boards. The first part of the 1981 edition is five annotated checklists of science fiction: "The Emergence of Science Fiction: The Beginnings to the 1920s" by Thomas D. Clareson (182 entries); "Science Fiction Between the Wars: 1918-1938" by Brian Stableford (131 entries); "The Modern Period: 1938-1980" by Joe De Bolt and John R. Pfeiffer (913 entries); "Children's Science Fiction" by Francis J. Molson (166 entries); and "Foreign Language Science Fiction" (263 entries for German, French, Russian, Italian, and Japanese science fiction and a survey article on Chinese science fiction). The second part, pages 509-645, comprise ten sections of "research aids" including seven annotated checklists of secondary sources (a total of 293 entries) and other material, one section complied by Marshall B. Tymn, two by Hal W. Hall, the remainder by Barron. Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror (2002) 62.
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- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
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- 30948
- Title
- ANATOMY OF WONDER: A CRITICAL GUIDE TO SCIENCE FICTION. Second Edition
- Author
- Barron, Neil (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy. (30948)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing of the second edition
- Publisher
- R.R. Bowker
- Place of Publication
- NY & London
- Date Published
- 1981
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- Reference
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