Cunningham, Jesse G

Nineteen essays by such writers as Brian W. Aldiss, Philip K. Dick, Erich Fromm, and Ursula K. Le Guin examine science fiction's place within the literary tradition and its movements, literary conventions, themes, and assessment. Also includes a chronology and a bibliography.

Contains eleven essays in which the authors present varying viewpoints on the methods used by Senator Joseph McCarthy in his efforts to expose communists in U.S. government, and offer their assessments of McCarthy and McCarthyism.