Get this item
Borrow or obtain a copy
Finding libraries that hold this item...
Details
| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Gary Westfahl |
| ISBN: | 0313297274 9780313297274 |
| OCLC Number: | 32550316 |
| Description: | xii, 148 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | "Science fiction vs. science faction" : early efforts to define scientific science fiction -- "The closely reasoned technological story" : the development of the idea of hard science fiction -- "Treating the whole thing as a game" : hard science fiction as seen by its writers -- "The best 'hard' science fiction of its day" : an inquiry into the origins of hard science fiction -- "He was part of mankind" : Arthur C. Clarke's A fall of moondust -- "Like something living" : Hal Clement's Mission of gravity -- "Gazing out at infinity" : Charles Sheffield's Between the strokes of night. |
| Series Title: | Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy, no. 67 |
| Responsibility: | Gary Westfahl. |
Reviews
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Tags
Add tags for "Cosmic engineers : a study of hard science fiction".
Be the first.
Similar Items
Related Subjects:(10)
- Science fiction, American -- History and criticism.
- Literature and technology -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Literature and science -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Space sciences in literature.
- Cosmology in literature.
- Science-fiction américaine -- Histoire et critique.
- Littérature et technologie -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
- Littérature et sciences -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
- Sciences spatiales dans la littérature.
- Cosmologie dans la littérature.
