5 edition of Science fiction before 1900 found in the catalog.
Published
1994
by Twayne, Maxwell Macmillan Canada, Maxwell Macmillan International in New York, Toronto, New York
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-169) and index.
| Statement | Paul K. Alkon. |
| Series | Studies in literary themes and genres ;, no. 3 |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | PN3433.5 .A45 1994 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | xix, 176 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 176 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL1424281M |
| ISBN 10 | 0805709525 |
| LC Control Number | 93034821 |
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The Science Fiction That Came Before Science. This has been the plot of seemingly countless examples of pulp magazines and canonical science fiction in the past century. The book conjures. Science Fiction After book.
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Tiphaigne de la Roche's Amilec () was a bold attempt to include an earnest theory of reproduction and embryology within a broader satirical account of the transmis. Science Fiction: A popular modern branch of prose fiction that explores the probable consequences of some improbable or impossible transformation of the basic conditions of human (or intelligent non‐human) existence.
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“Working out. Science Fiction Before by Paul K. Alkon,available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide/5(19). Science fiction - Science fiction - The 19th and early 20th centuries: In Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley took the next major step in the evolution of science fiction when she published Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus.
Champions of Shelley as the “mother of science fiction” emphasize her innovative fictional scheme. Abandoning the occult folderol of the. Jules Verne's 20, Leagues Under the Sea for one and the novels of H.G.
Wells, such as War of the World and The Time Machine for several more. All of them were published pre And of course there's Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case o.
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This is a compilation of reviews and short author bios of pre speculative fiction, such as John Polidori’s “The Vampyre” and Elizabeth Gaskell’s “The Grey Woman.” Smashwords – By Firelight: A Guide to Speculative Fiction Before (Text Only Version) – a book by Denise Longrie.
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