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Title: |
Who Shaped Science Fiction? |
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| By (author): |
Robert Sabella |
| ISBN10-13: |
1560725206 : 9781560725206 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pages: |
282 |
| Weight: |
.680 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - March 2000 |
| List Price: |
29.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Out of Print
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| Subjects: |
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose write : Science fiction |
| This book combines the reading public's interest in science fiction with the always popular biography genre. The book contains one hundred concise chapters, each containing a brief biography of one of the most influential figures in the development of modern science fiction as well as a timetable detailing the highlights of the person's life and career. Included are important editors such as John Campbell Jr and Hugo Gernsback; filmmakers such as Gener Roddenberry and Stanley Kubrick; and most importantly, acclaimed writers ranging from historical figures Jules Verne, Edgar Allen Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, and H G Wells to modern masters Arthur Clarke, Isaac Asimov, and Robert Heinlein. |
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