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The History of Science Fiction

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

The History of Science Fiction

By Adam Roberts

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About the book

This book is the definitive critical history of science fiction. The 2006 first edition of this work traced the development of the genre from Ancient Greece and the European Reformation through to the end of the 20th century. This new 2nd edition has been revised thoroughly and very significantly expanded. An all-new final chapter discusses 21st-century science fiction, and there is new material in every chapter: a wealth of new readings and original research. The author's groundbreaking thesis ...Show more

Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers

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ISBN

9781137569592

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Published year

2016

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1

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The History of Science Fiction

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Paperback

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