Space and beyond : the frontier theme in science fiction / edited by Gary Westfahl.
| Other author | Westfahl, Gary. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000. |
| Description | vii, 207 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy ; no. 87, 0193-6875 ; Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy no. 87. ^A514648 |
| Contents | Space vs. time / Jack Williamson -- Big dumb objects and cosmic enigmas: the love affair between space friction and the trancendental / Peter Nicholls -- Flying to the moon in French and American science fiction / Daniele Chatelain and George Slusser -- What is this thing called space opera? / David Pringle -- On the final frontier / Jack Williamson -- The true fontier: confronting and avaoiding realities of space in American science fiction films / Gary Westfahl -- The art of technology: contours of space in the science fiction film / Ira Konigsberg -- Space for resistance: the disruption of the American frontier myth in 1950s science fiction films / Susan A. George -- Way station - the motion picture: a possibly premature progress report / Michael Cassutt -- Flight of passage: space travel as the metaphoric crossing of the threshold / Jeffrey M. Wallmann -- Take me to your leader: a new future for first contact stories / Patrice Caldwell -- Space and the frontier in Leslie F. Stone's "the fall of mercury" / Batya Weinbaum -- Space opera without the space: the culture novels of Iain M. Banks / William H. Hardesty -- Re-mythologizing outer space with C.S. Lewis and Cordwainer Smith / Robert Gorsch -- Painwise in space: the psychology of isolation in Cordwainer Smith and James P. Tiptree, Jr. / Alan C. Elms -- Social science in space and time / Clyde Wilcox -- Space, future war, and the frontier in American nuclear apocalypse narrative / Patrick B. Sharp -- Men and women in separate spaces / Lynn F. Williams -- Cyberspace: the moral dimension / Janeen Webb -- New world for old / Donald M. Hassler -- Comments on space and time / Gregory Benford, Jack Dann, and Janeen Webb, and James Gunn, and Howard V. Hendrix -- Sir Arthur C. Clarke: A telephone conversation / Eric S. Rabkin with questions from Paul A. Carter, Gary Kern, Frank McConnell, Daryle F. Mallett, Melissa Mannion, Joseph D. Miller, and Gary Westfahl. |
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| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner Schlobin copy Gift of Chip Sullivan, 2005 |
| LCCN | 99033689 |
| ISBN | 0313308462 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780313308468 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | Schlobin Fantasy Collection | PS374.S35 S63 2000 | ✔ Available | Request Material |