The Sociology of Science Fiction

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Wildside Press

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491_9780893702656

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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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