In a constantly changing world, individuals are forever growing to meet the challenges and develo...

Despite the growing importance of economics in our lives, literary scholars have long been reluct...

This book, for the first time, makes available a body of my work that has long remained inaccessi...

The J. Lloyd Eaton Conferences on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature--long held at the Univer...

An examination of science fiction editor and author Hugo Gernsback's career, this critical study ...

Speculations about new medical advances have been a crucial aspect of science fiction since its o...

Filmmakers employ various images to suggest the strangeness of outer space, but protective spaces...

A pioneering scholarly examination of the rich and fascinating fields of science fiction and fant...

Essays in this volume demonstrate how science fiction can serve as a bridge between the sciences ...

Pilgrim Award-winning critic Gary Westfahl here updates his classic study of the space station th...

Although the exploration of space has long preoccupied authors and filmmakers, the development of...

A companion volume to the author's Island in the Sky, this new book covers 975 science fiction no...

This book gathers together many of the illuminating essays on science fiction and fantasy film pe...

With our lives firmly controlled by the steady pace of time, humans have yearned for ways to esca...

The first comprehensive critical study of hard science fiction, this book reveals how the term ha...

Science fiction occupies a peculiar place in the academic study of literature. For decades, schol...

In this work, renowned scholar George Slusser analyzes science fiction's history by focusing on i...

By examining important aspects of science fiction in the twentieth century, this book explains ho...

While students and general readers typically cannot relate to esoteric definitions of science fic...

In this work, renowned scholar George Slusser analyzes science fiction's history by focusing on i...

'This volume is a fresh examination of the works of Jules Verne, the pioneering and enduringly po...

Gary Westfahl, formerly of the University of La Verne and the University of California, Riverside...

Gary Westfahl is an adjunct professor teaching in the Writing Program at the University of La Ver...

These nineteen original essays seek to recontextualize the subject of immortality, examining its ...

The modern marketplace of science fiction, and the relationship between art, culture, and commerc...

The contributors come from a variety of backgrounds, including anthropology, film, and French, Ru...

Child characters are surprisingly common in horror, fantasy, and science fiction literature and f...

'The genre of science fiction now represents a diverse, international community of writers and re...