| Description |
xiii, 416 pages ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 381-392. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Contents |
What science fiction is -- The beginnings of science fiction -- The rise of the pulps -- The third source -- The magazines of Hugo Gernsback -- The dawn of Astounding -- The crucial years -- The active fan -- The shaping of the future -- Campbell's Astounding -- The war and the bomb -- A proliferation of magazines -- Science fiction in books -- The growth of fandom -- Reshaping the future -- The quest for magic -- The big boom -- And the collapse -- The magazine business -- Wider horizons -- FIAWOL or FIJAGH? -- Watershed -- The survivors -- The torch passes -- Rebellion : the new wave and art -- Enter : academe -- The big con game -- The fifth age (1974-) -- Fantasy -- Buck Rogers and Mr. Spock -- Glossary -- Themes and variations -- Utopias and dystopias -- But what good is it? -- Mene, mene, tekel... -- After Star wars. |
| Subject |
Science fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1926-1976.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Del Rey, Lester, 1915-1993. World of science fiction, 1926-1976. New York : Garland Pub., c1980 (OCoLC)568202932 |
| ISBN |
0824014464: $15.00 |
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9780824014469 |
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