Science Fiction

Taylor & Francis

First Published in 2002. This volume is about Science Fiction, its criticisms and teaching and covers the rise of science-fiction as a study and genre, looking at the work of H.G Wells, and the themes of epic, fable, language, cultures, its sociology, as a romance, and of a working daydream. > Chapter 1 Working Daydreams, Workshop Definitions; Chapter 2 The Sociology of the Genre; Chapter 3 Science Fiction as Romance; Chapter 4 Science Fiction as Fable; Chapter 5 Science Fiction as Epic; Chapter 6 Imitation and Novelty; Chapter 7 The Science-Fiction Course;