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The Sociology of Science Fiction

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Availability:In StockContributor:Brian StablefordSeries:I.O. Evans Studies in the Philosophy & Criticism of Literatu #4Publish date:2007-09-30Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:Borgo PressISBN-13:9780893702656ISBN-10:089370265XUPC:9780893702656Book Category:ReferenceSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.44 inchesWeight:0.6415Product ID:SCS887VE1T
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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Borgo PressISBN-13:9780893702656ISBN-10:089370265XUPC:9780893702656Book Category:ReferenceSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.44 inchesWeight:0.6415Product ID:SCS887VE1T
Publisher: Borgo Press

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