Now in Paperback! Between an ancient Roman's trip to the moon and
the fantastic tales of H.G. Wells lies a journey through time and
space and an awesome evolution in scientific thinking. From
Gilgamesh's search for immortality to Lucian's odyssey on the moon;
from Jonathan Swift's hilarious satire on scientists in Gulliver's
Travels to Mary Shelley's horrifying description of a scientist who
has gone too far in Frankenstein from Edgar Allan Poe's balloon
trip in the year 2848 to Jules Verne's prophesies of the impact of
scientific inventions on future civilization; from Edward Bellamy's
utopian escape from the industrial Revolution to H.G. Wells's
magnificent story of Earth threatened by an inescapable menace-here
are the chief ancestors of the modern science fiction story. For
the first time, these and other key works are gathered together in
one anthology, complete with revealing commentary on the authors,
their eras, and the role each played in establishing what we today
recognize as science fiction. The Road to Science Fiction is a
six-volume anthology of science fiction that covers the development
of science fiction from its earliest prototypes in the Sumerian
Gilgamesh and the Greek epics to approximately 1990. Created
originally to provide anthologies for use in classes, these volumes
have become mass-market sellers as well, since they are not only a
source of outstanding stories but also explain what constitutes
science fiction, how it developed and the contribution the authors
and the stories have made to the evolution of science fiction.
Cloth edition previously published in 1979.
General
| Imprint: |
Scarecrow Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
The Road to Science Fiction |
| Release date: |
November 2002 |
| First published: |
November 2002 |
| Editors: |
James Gunn
|
| Dimensions: |
227 x 154 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
368 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8108-4414-8 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-8108-4414-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780810844148 |
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