Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction

✍ Scribed by Mark Bould, Andrew M. Butler, Adam Roberts, Sherryl Vint

Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Leaves: 313
Series: Routledge Key Guides
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction is a collection of engaging essays on some of the most significant figures who have shaped and defined the genre. Diverse groups within the science fiction community are represented, from novelists and film makers to comic book and television writers. Important and influential names discussed include: Octavia Butler, George Lucas, Robert Heinlein, Gene Roddenberry, Stan Lee, Ursula K. Le Guin, H.G. Wells.

This outstanding reference guide charts the rich and varied landscape of science fiction and includes helpful and up-to-date lists of further reading at the end of each entry. Available in an easy to use A-Z format, Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction will be of interest to students of Literature, Film Studies, and Cultural Studies.

✦ Table of Contents

BOOK COVER
TITLE
COPYRIGHT
CONTENTS
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CONTENTS
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF CONTENTS
CONTRIBUTORS
INTRODUCTION
FIFTY KEY FIGURES IN SCIENCE FICTION
INDEX

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