Dieter Wuckel, Bruce Cassiday, "The Illustrated History of Science Fiction"
Dieter Wuckel, Bruce Cassiday, "The Illustrated History of Science Fiction"
Ungar Pub Co | 1989 | ISBN: 0804429847 | English | PDF | 251 pages | 41.6 MB
Ungar Pub Co | 1989 | ISBN: 0804429847 | English | PDF | 251 pages | 41.6 MB
This East German view of science fiction will surprise American fans. The authors characterize American science fiction as "trivial" and "frivolous." In its particularly East European slant, the book resembles Franz Rottensteiner's The Science Fiction Book: An Illustrated History ( LJ 10/1/75). James Gunn's Alternate Worlds ( LJ 9/15/75) and Brian Aldiss's Trillion Year Spree ( LJ 11/15/86) give excellent and broader coverage of the field for the American reader, especially Aldiss's book, since it is more up to date. Librarians may also want to condsider John J. Pierce's Foundations of Science Fiction: A Study in Imagination and Evolution (Greenwood, 1987); only the first volume of this trilogy has been published, however, so a full comparison cannot be made as yet.
o Preface, c. vii-viii
o Beginnings
• Science Fiction or Scientific Fantasy: What Is It?, c. 1-6
• Classic Social Utopias and Fantasies, c. 6-26
o The Industrial Revolution and Its Reflection in Fantasy
• Animal Magnetism, Monsters, and Automatons, c. 27-40
• Jules Verne and His “Voyages Extraordinaires”, c. 40-51
• The Giant of Science Fiction: H.G. Wells, c. 51-64
• The Revival of Social Utopian Literature, c. 65-70
• Technological Fantasy and Planet Stories, c. 70-81
• The Descent into the Trivial, c. 81-87
o The Growth of Science Fiction After World War I
• Dreams of World Revolution and the “Fantasy of the Near Future”: Soviet Science Fiction Between 1917 and 1956, c. 88-101
• Hugo Gernsback and After: Anglo-American Science Fiction to the 1950s, c. 102-128
• Robots, Warnings, and Rockets: European Science Fiction between 1918 and 1955, c. 129-152
o Science Fiction in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century
• The Increasing Internationalization of Modern Science Fiction, c. 153-155
• The Science Fiction of the Socialist Countries, c. 156-186
• The Americanization of Western Science Fiction, c. 187-216
o Themes, Subjects, and Motifs in Modern Science Fiction
• [In science fiction…], c. 217-220
• Self-Knowledge and Human Nature, c. 220-223
• The Individual and Society, c. 223-225
• The Individual and Technology, c. 225-228
• People and Time, c. 228-231
• People and Space, c. 232-236
• Humans and Aliens, c. 236-240
o Conclusion, c. 241-242
o Appendix
• Notes, c. 243-248
• Bibliography, c. 249-250
• Acknowledgments, c. 251-251
o Beginnings
• Science Fiction or Scientific Fantasy: What Is It?, c. 1-6
• Classic Social Utopias and Fantasies, c. 6-26
o The Industrial Revolution and Its Reflection in Fantasy
• Animal Magnetism, Monsters, and Automatons, c. 27-40
• Jules Verne and His “Voyages Extraordinaires”, c. 40-51
• The Giant of Science Fiction: H.G. Wells, c. 51-64
• The Revival of Social Utopian Literature, c. 65-70
• Technological Fantasy and Planet Stories, c. 70-81
• The Descent into the Trivial, c. 81-87
o The Growth of Science Fiction After World War I
• Dreams of World Revolution and the “Fantasy of the Near Future”: Soviet Science Fiction Between 1917 and 1956, c. 88-101
• Hugo Gernsback and After: Anglo-American Science Fiction to the 1950s, c. 102-128
• Robots, Warnings, and Rockets: European Science Fiction between 1918 and 1955, c. 129-152
o Science Fiction in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century
• The Increasing Internationalization of Modern Science Fiction, c. 153-155
• The Science Fiction of the Socialist Countries, c. 156-186
• The Americanization of Western Science Fiction, c. 187-216
o Themes, Subjects, and Motifs in Modern Science Fiction
• [In science fiction…], c. 217-220
• Self-Knowledge and Human Nature, c. 220-223
• The Individual and Society, c. 223-225
• The Individual and Technology, c. 225-228
• People and Time, c. 228-231
• People and Space, c. 232-236
• Humans and Aliens, c. 236-240
o Conclusion, c. 241-242
o Appendix
• Notes, c. 243-248
• Bibliography, c. 249-250
• Acknowledgments, c. 251-251