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Science fiction : history, science, vision

by Robert Scholes, Eric Rabkin

This introduction to the genre analyses its literary, social, and scientific elements. It features discussions of significant writers and examines ten representative novels published between 1818 and 1976.

Accession 8773 ISBN 0195021746 Publisher Oxford University Press
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