The Origins of Science Fiction
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 1 April 2022
- ISBN 9780198853619
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages464 pages
- Size 223x145x37 mm
- Weight 556 g
- Language English 300
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Short description:
A selection of science-fiction tales from the close of the 'Romantic' period to the end of the First World War. It gathers together classic short stories, from Edgar Allan Poe's playful hoaxes to Gertrude Barrows Bennett's feminist fantasy.
MoreLong description:
'Few travelled in these days, for, thanks to the advance of science, the earth was exactly alike all over. Rapid intercourse, from which the previous civilization had hoped so much, had ended by defeating itself. What was the good of going to Peking when it was just like Shrewsbury?', The Machine Stops, E. M. Forster.
This anthology provides a selection of science-fiction tales from the close of the 'Romantic' period to the end of the First World War. It gathers together classic short stories, from Edgar Allan Poe's playful hoaxes to Gertrude Barrows Bennett's feminist fantasy. In this way, the book shows the vitality and literary diversity of the field, and also expresses something of the potent appeal of the visionary, the fascination with science, and the allure of an imagined future that characterised this period. An excellent resource for those interested in science fiction, and also an essential volume for understanding the development of the genre.
In his introduction, Michael Newton draws together literary influences from Jonathan Swift to Mary Shelley, the interest in the irrational and dreaming mind, and the relation of the tales to the fact of Empire and the discoveries made by anthropology. He also considers how the figure of the alien and non-human 'other' complicated contemporary definitions of the human being.
These are some of my initial impressions on this useful collection...It is a great mystery just what captivates readers in a story and these ghostwriters have certainly achieved the pinnacle of this craft.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Note on the Texts
Select Bibliography
A Chronology of the Origins of Science Fiction
The Mortal Immortal
The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion
Rappaccini's Daughter
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
The Diamond Lens
The Lifted Veil
Pausodyne: A Great Chemical Discovery
The Water-Devil. A Marine Tale
The Crystal Egg
'Wireless'
The Hall Bedroom
The Country of the Blind
The Machine Stops
The Terror of Blue John Gap
The Red One
Friend Island
The Comet
Explanatory Notes
