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The Sociology of Science Fiction

Book information

Publisher
Borgo Press
Year
1987
ISBN
0893701653
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (7998893 bytes)
Pages
\191
DPI
300
Time added
2024-01-10 14:32:53

Description

Well-known critic Brian Stableford, a former professor at the University of Reading, contributes "a fascinating and valuable attempt to grapple with the questions of why SF authors write what they write, and why SF readers like what they like"-Interzone. Contents: Introduction; Approaches to the Sociology of Literature; The Analysis of Communicative Functions; The Evolution of Science Fiction as a Publishing Category; The Expectations of the Science Fiction Reader; Themes and Trends in Science Fiction; and Conclusion: The Communicative Functions of Science Fiction. Complete with Notes and References, Bibliography, and Index.

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