SF Signal: The History of Science Fiction

The History of Science Fiction

SF author Adam Roberts joins a handful of other SF authors who have turned from writing science fiction to writing about science fiction. Available this month is The History of Science Fiction, a book that encompasses the genre from it's origins to the present. The $95 reference text is described like so:

The first comprehensive critical history of the origins and development of science fiction for many decades, The Palgrave History of Science Fiction explores the genre from an international perspective and in depth. It covers SF from the ancient Greeks, through the rebirth of the genre at the Reformation, with detailed coverage of eighteenth- and nineteenth- century science fiction, and a wide-ranging account of twentieth-century sci-fi in book, film, televisual and comic book forms, concluding with an account of the current state of the genre.

Oh, great. Another reference text I want to own but is way to expensive to justify. Still, any book that uses the word "televisual" in its description has to be worth a little extra cash, no?

"The first comprehensive critical history of the origins and development of science fiction for many decades..."

WTF was "Trillion Year Spree"? Chicken liver? How about all of Hartwell's work? How about James Gunn? Hype, hype, hype and ignorant hype at that.

"Decades" my posterior.

Posted by FredKiesche on Monday February 06, 2006 at 5:56 PM

For a little bit of free SF writing reference, I just released a practical interview with Jeff Vandermeer about getting published in the speculative fiction world.

I'd love to hear what you think...

Cheers,
Jason Boog

Posted by Jason Boog on Tuesday February 07, 2006 at 2:09 PM