A meticulous, entertaining, essential critical resource. He is also the author of more than a dozen science. “Roberts’s deft anatomisation of the evolution of science fiction, from deep roots in Ancient Greek literature to its present preeminence in popular culture, is remarkably wide-ranging and marvellously detailed. Adam Roberts is Professor of Nineteenth-century Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Call, author of “BDSM in American Science Fiction and Fantasy”) This is likely to become the standard work in the field.” (Lewis W. a concise history of science fiction and the ways in which the genre has been used and defined. The second edition preserves most of the major arguments and interpretations from the first, and adds a wealth of new material. “The revised edition of Professor Roberts's History of Science Fiction is a truly comprehensive history of European and American SF. The revised edition of Professor Robertss History of Science Fiction is a truly comprehensive history of European and American SF. Now thoroughly revised and updated, it makes an indispensable contribution to literary history.” (Patrick Parrinder, Emeritus Professor, University of Reading, UK) “This immensely readable critical survey combines a strong thesis with engaged, provocative and often highly original accounts of an astonishing range and variety of texts.
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