Science Fiction: A Critical Guide (Hardcover, 1)

Part 1. Early Landmarks: From the Beginnings to 1900 1. The Literary Background to Science Fiction Mark R. Hillegas 2. Jules Verne: the Last Happy Utopianist Marc Angenot 3. The Science Fiction of H.G. Wells John Huntington Part 2. Two Formative Traditions 4. Utopia and Science Fiction Raymond Williams 5. Science Fiction and the Scientific World-View Patrick Parrinder Part 3. Science Fiction Today: Aspects of a Contemporary Literature 6. The Cold War in Science Fiction, 1940-1960 T.A. Shippey 7. Science Fiction, Religion and Transcendence Tom Woodman 8. Characterisation in Science Fiction: Two Approaches 8.1. The Disappearance of Character Scott Sanders 8.2. The Alien Encounter: or Mrs Brown and Mrs Le Guin Patrick Parrinder 9. American Science Fiction Since 1960 J.A. Sutherland 10. British Science Fiction Christopher Priest 11. European Science Fiction Franz Rottensteiner