Science Fiction: A Critical Guide

<p>This book first published in 1979 presents a portrait of science fiction as a distinct form of serious and creative literature. Contributors are drawn from Britain America and Europe and range from well-known academic critics to young novelists. The essays establish the common properties of science fiction writing and assess the history and significance of a field in which critical judgements have often been unreliable. The material ranges from the earliest imaginative journeys to the moon to later developments of British American and European science fiction.</p>