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Science fiction is the literature that takes one premise its world does not allow — a different physics, a different history, a different species — and...

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Science fiction is the literature that takes one premise its world does not allow — a different physics, a different history, a different species — and follows the consequences with a straight face. Key sections include: Science Fiction.; A FIRST WORD What sf is for.; CHAPTER I Cognitive estrangement.; CHAPTER II Before there was a name.; CHAPTER III The first sf novel.; CHAPTER IV Verne · the engineering romance.; CHAPTER V Wells · the social novel under cover.; CHAPTER VI The magazine era.; CHAPTER VII The Golden Age.; CHAPTER VIII Dune · the ecological epic..

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  1. 01Science Fiction.
  2. 02A FIRST WORD What sf is for.
  3. 03CHAPTER I Cognitive estrangement.
  4. 04CHAPTER II Before there was a name.
  5. 05CHAPTER III The first sf novel.
  6. 06CHAPTER IV Verne · the engineering romance.
  7. 07CHAPTER V Wells · the social novel under cover.
  8. 08CHAPTER VI The magazine era.
  9. 09CHAPTER VII The Golden Age.
  10. 10CHAPTER VIII Dune · the ecological epic.
  11. 11CHAPTER IX The New Wave.
  12. 12CHAPTER X Le Guin.
  13. 13CHAPTER XI Dick · paranoia as method.
  14. 14CHAPTER XII Delany · the experimental sf novel.
  15. 15CHAPTER XIII Feminist sf.
  16. 16CHAPTER XIV Butler.
  17. 17CHAPTER XV Cyberpunk.
  18. 18CHAPTER XVI The post-cyberpunk grand canvas.
  19. 19CHAPTER XVII The New Weird.
  20. 20CHAPTER XVIII Chinese sf goes global.
  21. 21CHAPTER XIX Jemisin.
  22. 22CHAPTER XX Chiang · the philosophical short.
  23. 23CHAPTER XXI Climate fiction.
  24. 24CHAPTER XXII The cosy turn.
  25. 25CHAPTER XXIII Dystopia.
  26. 26CHAPTER XXIV The hard / soft distinction.
  27. 27CHAPTER XXV Sf on the screen.
  28. 28CHAPTER XXVI Thirty essential sf books.
  29. 29CHAPTER XXVII Where to go next.
  30. 30End of transmission.
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