Volume 1: Discoveries; Definitions and Defence; Receptions and Redefinitions
Part 1: Discoveries
1. Mary Shelley, âPrefaceâ, in Frankenstein (Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, Finsbury Square, 1818), p. 1-2.
2. Mary Shelley, âIntroductionâ, in Frankenstein (London: Colburn and Bentley, 1831), pp.
3. Walter Scott, âReview of Frankensteinâ, Blackwoods 2, 12, March 1918, pp. 613-620.
4. Brian Aldiss, âMary Shelleyâ, extract in Billion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction (London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1973), pp. 20-30.
5. Jane Webb, âIntroductionâ, in The Mummy! (London: Henry Colburn, 1827), pp. iii-viii.
6. Felix Bodin, âPrefaceâ, in The Novel of the Future trans. by Brian Stableford (Encino, CA: Black Coat Press 2008[1834], pp. 31-41.
7. William Wilson, A Little Earnest Book Upon a Great Old Subject (London: Darton & Co, 1851), pp. 131-147.
8. Brian M. Stableford, âWilliam Wilsonâs Prospectus For Science Fiction: 1851â Foundation 10, June 1986, pp. 6-12
9. Dorothy Scarborough, âSupernatural Scienceâ, in The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction (New York: Putnam's, 1917), pp. 251-80.
Part 2: Definitions and Defence
10. Hugo Gernsback âA New Sort of Magazineâ, editorial in Amazing Stories 1, 1, April 1926, p. 3.
11. Hugo Gernsback âThe Lure of Scientifictionâ, Amazing Stories 1, 3, June 1926, p. 195.
12. Hugo Gernsback âScience Fiction Weekâ, Science Wonder Stories 1, 12, May 1930, p. 7.
13. Gary Westfahl â"An Idea of Significant Import:": Hugo Gernsbackâs Theory of Science Fictionâ, Foundation 48, 1994, pp. 26-50.
14. H. G. Wells, âPrefaceâ, in The Scientific Romances of H. G. Wells (London: Victor Gollancz, 1933), pp. vii-x.
15. Clemence Dane, âAmerican Fairy Taleâ, The North American Review 242, 1, 1936, pp. 143-152.
16. John W. Campbell, âFuture Tenseâ, Astounding Science Fiction 23, 4, June 1939, p. 6.
17. John W. Campbell, âHistory to Comeâ, Astounding Science Fiction 27, 3, pp. 5-7, 124-25.
18. John W. Campbell, âNon-Escape Literatureâ, Astounding Science Fiction 62, 6, Feb 1959, pp. 5-7, 161-162.
19. Robert A. Heinlein: 1941 Worldcon Speech âThe Discovery of the Futureâ, in Mike Resnick & Joe Siclari (eds), Worldcon Guest of Honor Speeches (Deerfield, Ill.: ISFiC Press, 2006), pp. 13-19.
20. Robert A. Heinlein âScience Fiction: Its Nature, Faults and Virtuesâ, in Basil Davenport et al (ed.), The Science Fiction Novel: Imagination and Social Criticism (Chicago: Advent, 1964), pp. 14-48.
Part 3: Receptions and Redefinitions
21. Margot Bennett âSpaceships Also Leakâ, Lilliput 22, 3, No. 129, March 1948, pp. 43-46.
22. Hella Jaspert, âThe New "Science Fiction": Lush Fiction, but Queer Scienceâ, The Manchester Guardian November 7th , 1953, p. 4.
23. J. B. Priestley âThey Come From Inner Spaceâ, in New Statesman & Nation 5th December 1953.
24. John Wyndham, âRoar of Rocketsâ from John OâLondonâs Weekly, 2 April 1954.
25. Tom Clareson, âThe Evolution of Science Fictionâ, Science Fiction Quarterly (August 1953), pp. 85-98
26. Kathryn Hume, 'Medieval Romance and Science Fiction: The Anatomy of a Resemblance', Journal of Popular Culture 16, 1, 1982, pp. 15-26.
27. Adam Roberts, âFrom Medieval Romance to Sixteenth Century Utopiaâ, in The History of Science Fiction 2nd ed. (Palgrave Histories of Literature), pp. 37-50.
28. Kingsley Amis, et. al âThe Establishment Must Die and Rotâ¦A Discussion on Science Fiction between Kingsley Amis and C. S. Lewisâ, SF Horizons 1, 1964, pp. 5-12.
29. William Burroughs âThe Hallucinatory Operators are Realâ, SF Horizons 2, 1965, pp. 3-12.
30. E. J. Carnell et. Al, âThere Ainât No Such Thing as the "New Wave"!â, Speculation 2, 11, 23, July/Aug 1969, pp. 5-11
31. Colin Greenland, âFootholds in the Head: Inner Space Fictionâ, in The Entropy Exhibition (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983, pp. 51-68.
32. John Clute, âPilgrim Award Acceptance Speechâ, SFRA Review 213, Sep/Oct 1994, pp. 35-39
33. Ruth Berman, âScience Fiction Without the Futureâ, New York Review of Science Fiction 13, 9, No. 153, May 2001, p.1, 6-8.
34. John Clute, âFantastika in the World Stormâ, Foundation 102, Spring 2008, 6-14.
35. John Rieder, âOn Defining SF, or Not: Genre Theory, SF, and Historyâ, Science Fiction Studies 37, 2010, pp. 191-208.
36. Istvan Csiscery-Ronay, Jr., âWhat Do We Mean When We Say "Global Science Fiction"? Reflections on a New Nexusâ, Science Fiction Studies 39, 3, 2012, pp. 478-493.
Volume 2: Understanding Science Fiction
Part 4: Critical Approaches
37. Marjorie Hope Nicolson, âCosmic Voyagesâ, ELH: A Journal of English Literary History 7, 2, June 1940, pp. 83-107.
38. James Blish, âSome Propositionsâ, in The Issue at Hand , Autumn 1952, pp. 11-20.
39. Damon Knight, âCriticsâ, in In Search of Wonder¸2nd ed. (Chicago: Advent, 1967), pp. 1-8.
40. Rosalie Moore, âScience Fiction and the Main Streamâ, in Reginald Bretnor (ed.), Modern Science Fiction: Its Meaning and Its Future (Chicago: Advent, 1979), pp. 92-118.
41. James Gunn, âThe Plot-Forms of Science Fiction: A Special Surveyâ, Dynamic Science Fiction 1, 5, Oct 1953, pp. 44-53, and 1, 6 Jan 1954, pp. 37-48.
42. C. S. Lewis, âOn Science Fictionâ, Of Other Worlds (London: Geoffrey Bles, 1966), pp. 59-73.
43. Kingsley Amis, âThe Case for Science Fiction: Where Novelists Fear to Treadâ, Observer 29th Oct 1959, p. 8.
44. Robert Conquest âSFâs No Good . . .â, epigraph to Kingsley Amis and Robert Conquestâ (eds), Spectrum 2 (London: Gollancz, 1962)
45. Judith Merril âFritz Leiberâ, Fantasy & Science Fiction 37, 1, July 1969, pp. 44-61.
46. Susan Sontag, âThe Imagination of Disasterâ, Commentary 40, October 1965, pp. 42-48.
Part 5: Practice and Theory
47. Darko Suvin, âCognition and Estrangement: An Appraoch to SF Poeticsâ, Foundation 2 (June 1972) pp. 6-16.
48. Peter Nicholls, âScience Fiction and the Mainstream: part 1: The Demolition of Pigeon-Holesâ, Foundation 3, March 1973, pp. 15-25.
49. Robert Scholes, âStructural Fabulationâ, Structural Fabulation (University of Notre Dame Press, 1975), pp. 45-75.
50. Ursula K. Le Guin, âScience Fiction and Mrs Brownâ, in Peter Nicholls (ed.), Science Fiction at Large (London: Gollancz, 1976), pp. 15-33.
51. Samuel R. Delany, âScience Fiction and "Literature" or The Conscience of the Kingâ, Analog 99, 5, May 1979, pp. 59 â" 79.
52. Gary K. Wolfe, âIcons of Wonderâ, in The Known and the Unknown (Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1979), pp. 16-29.
53. Christine Brook-Rose, âScience Fiction and Realistic Fictionâ, in A Rhetoric of the Unreal (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981), pp. 72-102.
54. Cornell Robu, âA Key to Science Fiction: The Sublimeâ, Foundation 42, Spring 1988, pp. 21-37.
55. Damien Broderick, âReading SF as a Megatextâ, The New York Review of Science Fiction 46, July 1992, p. 1, 8-11
56. Carl Freedman, âThe Critical Dynamic: Science Fiction and the Historical Novelâ, in Critical Theory and Science Fiction (Middletown, CT:Wesleyan University Press, 2000) 44-56.
57. Jean Baudrillard, âSimulacra and Science Fictionâ, trans. Arthur B. Evans, Science Fiction Studies 18, 55, 1991, pp. 309-313.
58. Greg Benford, âEffing the Ineffable: An Essayâ, Foundation 38, Winter 1986/87, pp. 49-57.
59. Paul Kincaid, âWhat It is We Do When We Read Science Fictionâ, Foundation 78, Spring 2000, pp. 72-82.
60. Farah Mendlesohn, âIntroduction: Reading Science Fictionâ, in Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn (eds), Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003), pp. 1-12.
Volume 3: Establishing/Exploding the Canon
Part 6: Establishing Authors
61. Walter Gillings, âThe Philosopher of Fantasy: How Dr Olaf Stapledon Discovered Science Fiction Magazinesâ, Scientifiction 1, 3, June 1937, pp. 8-10.
62. Arthur F. Hillman, âMasters of Fantasy (I): C. L. Mooreâ, Operation Fantast 1, 9, Summer 1951, pp. 14-16.
63. John K. Aiken, âMasters of Fantasy (II): Sydney Fowler Wright, Operation Fantast 11, Winter 1952, 18-20.
64. Sam Moskowitz, âThe Wonders of H. G. Wellsâ, Satellite 2, 4, April 1958, 100-111.
65. Alfred Bester âThe Perfect Composite SF Authorâ, Fantasy and Science Fiction 20, 3, March 1961, 77-81.
66. Owen Webster, âJohn Wyndham as Novelist of Ideasâ, Science Fiction Commentary 44/45, November 1975, 41-57.
67. John Huntington, extract from âThe Economy of Reason: the Motives of the Technocratic Heroâ, in Rationalizing Genius: Ideological Strategies in the Classic American Science Fiction Short Story (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1989), pp. 69-85.
Part 7: Discontents
68. Mike Moorcock, âBlast off 1960â, Bastion 1, 1960, 13-18.
69. J. G. Ballard, âWhich Way to Inner Space?â, New Worlds 40, 118, May 1962, pp. 2-3, 116-7.
70. Michael Moorcock, âThe New Fictionâ, Speculation 16, 1967, 7-11.
71. Stanislaw Lem, âScience Fiction: A Hopeless Caseâ"With Exceptionsâ, Science Fiction Commentary 35/36/37, July-Sept 1973, pp. 7-36.
72. Peter Nicholls, âScience Fiction: the Monsters and the Criticsâ, in Peter Nicholls (ed.), Science Fiction at Large (London: Gollancz, 1976, pp. 157-184.
Part 8: New Canons, New Criticisms
73. David N. Samuelson, âChildhood's End: A Median Stage of Adolescence?â, Science Fiction Studies 1, 1, Spring 1973, pp. 4-17.
74. Douglas Barbour, âWholeness and Balance in the Hainish Novels of Ursula K. Le Guinâ, Science Fiction Studies 1, 3, March 1974, pp. 164-173.
75. Susan Gubar, âC. L. Moore and the Conventions of Womenâs Science Fictionâ, Science Fiction Studies 7, 20, 1980, pp. 16-26.
76. Batya Weinbaum, "Sex-Role Reversal in the Thirties: Leslie F Stoneâs "The Conquest of Gola"â, Science Fiction Studies 24, 3, Nov. 1997, pp. 471-482.
77. Fredric Jameson, âThe Space of Science Fiction: Narrative in Van Vogtâ, Polygraph 2/3, 1989, pp. 52-65.
78. Tom Moylan, âThe Literary Utopiaâ, Demand the Impossible (London: Methuen 1986), pp. 29-52.
79. Darko Suvin, âOn Gibson and Cyberpunk SFâ, Foundation 46, Winter 1989, pp. 40-51.
80. Nicola Nixon, âCyberpunk: Preparing the Ground for Revolution or Keeping the Boys Satisfied?â, Science Fiction Studies 19, 57, July 1992, pp. 219-235.
81. Mark Dery âBlack to the Future: Interviews with Samuel A. Delany, Greg Tate and Tricia Roseâ, Flame Wars: The Discourse of Cyberculture (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1994), pp. 179-222
Part 9: Biases Confronted
82. Miriam Allen deFord, âNews For Dr Richardsonâ, Fantasy and Science Fiction 10, 5, May 1956, 52-57.
83. Joanna Russ, âThe Image of Women in Science Fictionâ, Vertex 1, 6, February 1974, 53-57.
84. Susan Wood, âWomen and Science Fictionâ , Algol/Starship Winter 1978/79, pp. 9-18.
85. Sarah Lefanu, âAuthority and Sentiment: Is there a Womenâs Science Fiction?â, in In the Chinks of the World Machine (London: Womenâs Press, 1988), pp. 86-93.
86. Helen Merrick, âThe Readers Feminism Doesnât See: Feminist Fans, Critics and Science Fictionâ, in Deborah Cartmills et. al (eds), Trash Aesthetics: Popular Culture and Its Audience (London: Pluto Press, 1997), pp. 48-65.
87. Justine Larbalestier, âThe Women Men Donât Seeâ, in The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2002), pp. 144-179.
Volume 4: Science Fiction and the World: What do âWeâ Mean by âUsâ?
Part 10: "New" Audiences: "New" Readings: "New " Goals
88. Chandler Davis, âCritiques and Proposals, 1949â, in John Lukin (ed.), It Walks in Beauty: Selected Prose of Chandler Davis (Seattle: Aqueduct Press, 2010), pp. 53-60.
89. Kobo Abe, âThe Boom in Science Fictionâ, trans. Christopher Bolton, Science Fiction Studies 29, 3, 2002, pp. 340-350.
90. Leslie Fiedler, extract from âThe New Mutantsâ, Partisan Review Fall 1965, pp. 506-509.
91. Gerard Klein, âDiscontent in American Science Fictionâ, trans. D. Suvin and Leila Lecorps, Science Fiction Studies, 4, 1, 1977, pp. 3-13.
92. Samuel R. Delany, âWhat Was the 50s for Meâ, Starboard Wine: More Notes on the Language of Science Fiction (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2012), pp. 5-14.
Part 11: Technologies
93. Joanna Russ, âSF and Technology as Mystificationâ, Science Fiction Studies 5, 3, 1978, pp. 243-249.
94. Donna Haraway, âA Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism in the 1980sâ, Socialist Review 80, 1985, pp. 65â"108.
95. Vernor Vinge, âFirst Wordâ, Omni, January 1983, p. 10.
96. Damien Broderick, âTearing Towards the Spikeâ, May 7th 2001, http://www.kurzweilai.net/tearing-toward-the-spike
97. Singularity chat with Vernor Vinge and Ray Kurzweil, posted June 11, 2002 on SCIFI.COM. Published June 13, 2002 on KurzweilAI.net. http://www.kurzweilai.net/singularity-chat-with-vernor-vinge-and-ray-kurzweil )
98. Stephen Baxter, âThe Profession of Science Fiction, 63: A Child of the Urban Singularityâ, Foundation 35, 98, Autumn 2006, pp. 5-15.
99. Sherryl Vint, âAnimals and Animality from the Island of Moreau to the Uplift Universeâ, Yearbook of English Studies 37, 2, July 2007, pp. 85-192
100. Sherryl Vint and Ken MacLeod, âUplifted Future? Animals, Biotechnology and Science Fictionâ, New York Review of Science Fiction 27, 8, 320, April 2015, pp. 1, 10-18.
101. DeWitt Douglas Kilgore, âDifference Engine: Aliens, Robots, and Other Racial Matters in the History of Science Fictionâ, Science Fiction Studies 37, 1, March 2010, pp. 16-22.
Part 12: Identities and Voices
102. Nalo Hopkinson, âIntroductionâ, in Nalo Hopkinson and Uppinder Mehan (eds), So Long Been Dreaming (Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2004), pp. 7-9.
103. Veronica Hollinger, â(Re)reading Queerly: Science Fiction, Feminism, and the Defamiliarization of Genreâ, Science Fiction Studies 26, 1, March 1999, 23-40.
104. M. Elizabeth Ginway, âA Working Model for Analyzing Third World Science Fiction: The Case of Brazilâ, Science Fiction Studies 32, 3, Nov. 2005, pp. 467-494.
105. Asif A. Siddiqi, âImagining the Cosmos: Utopians, Mystics, and the Popular Culture of Spaceflight in Revolutionary Russiaâ, Osiris 23, 1, 2008, pp. 260-288.
106. Yusuf Nuruddin, âAncient Black Astronauts and Extraterrestrial Jihads: Islamic Science Fiction as Urban Mythologyâ, Socialism and Democracy 20, 3, 2006, pp. 127-165.
107. Rebecca Hankins, âFictional Islam: A Literary Review and Comparative Essay on Islam in Science Fiction and Fantasyâ, Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction 38, 105, Spring 2009, pp. 73-92.
108. Lisa Yasek, âAfrofuturism, Science Fiction, and the History of the Futureâ, Socialism and Democracy 20, 3, November 2006, pp. 41â"60.
109. Isaiah Lavender III, âMeta-Slaveryâ, in Race in American Science Fiction, (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2011), pp. 54-88.
110. John Rieder, âSun Raâs Otherworldlinessâ, Paradoxa 25, 2013, pp. 235-252.
111. Gillian Pollack, âOld Cultures, New Fictions: Four Indigenous Australian Writers of Speculative Fictionâ, Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction 44, 2, 121, 2015, pp. 18-29.
112. Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay, âOn the Mythologerm: Kalpavigyan and the Question of Imperial Scienceâ, Science Fiction Studies 43, 3, 2016, pp. 435-458.
113. Gwyneth Jones, âAliens in the Twenty-First Centuryâ, Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction 45, 3, 125, 2016, pp. 61-72.
114. Mohale Mashigo, âAfrofuturism: Ayashisâ Amatekiâ, Intruders: Short Stories (Johannesburg: Picador Africa, 2018), pp. ix-xv.
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