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. |
