Fifty key figures in science fiction
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Fifty key figures in science fiction
（Routledge key guides）
Routledge, 2010
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50 key figures in science fiction
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction is a collection of engaging essays on some of the most significant figures who have shaped and defined the genre. Diverse groups within the science fiction community are represented, from novelists and film makers to comic book and television writers. Important and influential names discussed include:
Octavia Butler
George Lucas
Robert Heinlein
Gene Roddenberry
Stan Lee
Ursula K. Le Guin
H.G. Wells
This outstanding reference guide charts the rich and varied landscape of science fiction and includes helpful and up-to-date lists of further reading at the end of each entry. Available in an easy to use A-Z format, Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction will be of interest to students of Literature, Film Studies, and Cultural Studies.
Table of Contents
- Alan Moore
- Arthur C Clarke
- Brackett
- Darko Suvin
- David Cronenberg
- Dr Who
- Frank Herbert
- Gene Roddenberry
- George Lucas
- Greg Bear
- Greg Egan
- HG Wells
- Hugo Gernsback
- Isaac Asimov
- J. Michael Straczynski
- James Tiptree
- JG Ballard
- Joanna Russ
- Jules Verne
- Karl Capek
- Kim Stanley Robinson
- Mary Shelley
- Michael Moorcock
- Nalo Hopkinson
- Neal Stephenson
- Nigel Kneale
- Octavia Butler
- Olaf Stapledon
- Robert Heinlein
- Ron L Hubbard
- Samuel Delaney
- Sheri Tepper
- Stan Lee
- William Gibson
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