The Mechanics of Wonder: The Creation of the Idea of Science Fiction by Gary Westfahl

The Mechanics of Wonder: The Creation of the Idea of Science Fiction

Liverpool English Texts and Studies (Hardcover)

Gary Westfahl

256 pages missing pub info (editions)

fiction classics fantasy literary science science fiction
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This is a sustained argument about the idea of science fiction by a renowned critic. Overturning many received opinions, it is both controversial and stimulating Much of the controversy arises from Westfahl's resurrection of Hugo Gernsback - for d...

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