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Book Synopsis
Provides a comprehensive theoretical model for science fiction

Trade Review
"[Malmgren] succeeds in formulating a typology of science fiction that will become a standard reference for some years to come." - Choice " ... The most intelligently organized and effectively argued general study of SF that I have ever read." - Rob Latham, SFRA Review " ... Required reading for its evenhanded overview of so much of the previous critical/theoretical material devoted to science fiction." - American Book Review

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
I. Worlds Apart
A Theory of Science Fiction
II. SF and the Reader
III. A Typology of SF
IV. Science Fantasy
V. Looking Backward and Forward at Worlds Apart
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Worlds Apart

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      Publisher: MH - Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: 7/22/1991 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780253336453, 978-0253336453
      ISBN10: 0253336457

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Provides a comprehensive theoretical model for science fiction

      Trade Review
      "[Malmgren] succeeds in formulating a typology of science fiction that will become a standard reference for some years to come." - Choice " ... The most intelligently organized and effectively argued general study of SF that I have ever read." - Rob Latham, SFRA Review " ... Required reading for its evenhanded overview of so much of the previous critical/theoretical material devoted to science fiction." - American Book Review

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      I. Worlds Apart
      A Theory of Science Fiction
      II. SF and the Reader
      III. A Typology of SF
      IV. Science Fantasy
      V. Looking Backward and Forward at Worlds Apart
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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