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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Golden Age Of Science Fictiondi Groff Conklin (A cura di)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This collection intelligently described science fiction has having three major subfields: scientific extrapolation, philosophical speculation and adventure. It includes good examples of all types, but its "selling point" seems to be scientific extrapolation, especially stories which predicted the atomic bomb or an equivalent superweapon. Although there are selections going back to the 19th century (Frank Stockton) the main focus is on American stories published in popular magazines in the 1930s and 40s, notably Astounding. Some stories are by writers who are still well-known, such as Robert Heinlein; others are more obscure. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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The golden age of science fiction by Groff Conklin (1963) Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.087608Literature English (North America) American fiction By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Speculative fiction CollectionsClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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This was before:
- The atomic bomb
- Space travel
- Computers
- Telecommunications
- Understanding DNA
The book's introduction praises "serious" science fiction, which it contrasts with "comic-book" stories. This is hilarious, because half the stories in the anthology are Zap Brannigan pulp. The book has aliens, more aliens, man-eating plants, man-eating blobs, utopias, dystopias, apocalyptic disasters, romance, bromance, racism, sexism, and batman. I'm talking about a man who has bat tissue transplanted into his ear, and gains the powers (and characteristics) of a bat.
There are also two stories by Heinlein and Asimov which stand apart. It's easy to tell why those guys had actual writing careers.
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