Provides biographical profiles of one hundred science fiction writers, each featuring a quote from the author, lists of major works and awards, and research sources, and includes a selection of "read-alike" lists.
Collection of fifteen contemporary science fiction short stories, telling of alien-Earthling encounters, cyberlife, and new social orders, as well as futuristic realities like e-mail romance, bio-technology, and high-tech warfare.
Provides background on some of history's man-made horrors, including Frankenstein, robots, mutants, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, slashers, Jack the Ripper, and others, and shares stories of real-life horrors.
Explores the life of the wide-ranging British author known for his science fiction, histories, and novels and discusses his efforts to achieve social change through his books.
Presents ten essays on George Orwell's "1984," covering such topics as the novel's composition, Newspeak, adulation of the leader, and the prohibition of decency, and includes a chronology and a bibliography.
A collection of essays which analyze the character of Frankenstein in Mary Shelley's novel, discussing literary allusions used by Shelley when describing the monster, comparing Frankenstein to other heros from the era, and analyzing the work from a feminist perspective.
the Science Fiction Research Association anthology
Hartwell, David G
1996
Contains a collection of science fiction stories and critical essays about the genre representing science fiction in the 1990s and featuring such authors as Anne McCaffrey, Joanna Rush, Gene Wolfe, and Orson Scott Card.
