A Bibliography of Science Fiction Secondary Materials

in Holland Library, Washington State University

If you are doing research on science fiction, this bibliography is a good place to start. It is not a complete bibliography of SF research, only of that in the WSU library; and the call numbers may not match those in other libraries. It does not include works of science fiction as such.

Paul Brians is now retired, and this bibliography is no longer be updated, so it is bound to be incomplete; but it may still be useful.

Quicklinks

Reference Works
Histories and Criticism
- Studies of individual authors
Periodicals

Reference Works

Look for reference works and indexes first in the Reference Room, not in the regular stacks.

Encyclopedias and general checklists:

*Barron, Neil: Anatomy of Wonder 4: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction. *^{see note} (fourth edition) PN3433.8 .A63x 1995
- This is among the most important standard reference works in the field, summarizing hundreds of pieces of fiction. It is especially strong on foreign SF, though this coverage was reduced in the fourth edition. Recommended especially for small libraries. The still-useful second (PN3433.5 .A6x) and third editions (HolRef PN3433.8 .A63x 1987) are also in the collection.
Bleiler, Everett F.: The Checklist of Science-Fiction and Supernatural Fiction. HolRef PN 3435 B55 1978 (replaces The Checklist of Fantastic Literature, 808.3 ZB616c)
Bleiler, Everett F. & Richard J. Bleiler. Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years: A Complete Coverage of the Genre Magazines “Amazing,” “Astounding,” “Wonder,” and Others from 1926 through 1936. HolRef PS648.S3 B57 1998
- Also available as an electronic resource for WSU users through Griffin.
Bloch, Robert N.: Bibliographie der utopischen und phantastischen literatur, 1750-1950. PT 148 1185 B5x 1984
Clarke, Ignatius Frederick: Tale of the Future: From the Beginning to the Present Day. (British) 3rd ed., PN 3448 S45c 56x (replaces 2nd edition, Z6207 P7 C48 1972)
- The strong point of this survey is its coverage of early works, especially British fiction.
*Clute, John & Peter Nicholls, eds.: Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.*^{see note} HolRef PN3433.4 .E53 1993b
- Generally considered the best of the encyclopedias. Articles on movements, themes, genres, as well as authors, etc.
Fletcher, Marilyn P. Reader’s Guide to Twentieth-Century Science Fiction. HolRef PN3433.8 R44 1989
*Gunn, James, ed. The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.*^{see note} PN 3433.4 N48 1988
- Good as a supplement to Clute & Nicholls, above.
James, Edward & Farah Mendelsohn, eds. The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction. PN3377.5.S3 C36 2003
*Magill, Frank: Survey of Science Fiction Literature: Five Hundred 2,000-Word Essay-Reviews of World-Famous Science Fiction Novels with 2,500 Bibliographical References.*^{see note} HolRef PN3448 S45 S88
- Summaries, brief discussions, and selected bibliographies make this an excellent place to begin researching a particular work. Be sure to check the supplement listed below as well.
*Magill, Frank: Survey of Science Fiction Literature: Bibliographical Supplement.*^{see note} HolRef PN 3448 S45 S88 Suppl
Newman, John: Future War Novels: An Annotated Bibliography of Works in English Published Since 1946. HolRef R888.W37 N43x 1984
Nicholls, Peter, ed. The Science Fiction Encyclopedia. PN3448.S45 S29 Ê
- Earlier, still useful, but now somewhat dated edition of Clute and Nicholls, above. Can be checked out.
Pringle, David. The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: An A-Z of Science-Fiction Books by Title. HolRef PN3448.S45 P75 1995
Reginald, Robert, ed.: Contemporary Science Fiction Authors. HolRef PS 374 S35 R44
- Useful background information on major authors.
Reginald, Robert, ed.: Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, A Checklist from Earlier Times to 1974. Hol Ref PS374.S35 R442x
Reginald, R. Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, 1975-1991: A Bibliography of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Fiction Books and Nonfiction Monographs. HolRef PN3448.S45 R44x 1992
Searles, Baird: A Reader’s Guide to Fantasy. PS374.F27 S43x 1982
Tuck, Donald H.: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. HolRef Z5917 S36 T83
- Replaced by more recent encyclopedias, but still contains some useful details about editions of early works for advanced researchers.
University of California at Riverside: Dictionary Catalog of the J. Lloyd Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature. HolRef PN 3448 S45 U59x v-13
Yntema, Sharon. More than 100 Women Science Fiction Writers. PN 3433.6 Y57x 1988

*Internet Speculative Fiction Database: www.isfdb.org

Now the standard source for identifying SF stories and novels.

Indexes to short stories:

Bowman, Ray: Bowman’s Index to the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. AP2 M2345x 1949/1983
Cole, Walter R.: A Checklist of Science Fiction Anthologies. Z5917 S36 C6 1975
Contento, William: Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections. (2 vols) HolRef PS 374 S35 C6x
- Great for locating in which magazines and anthologies a story has appeared. The excellent Contento indexes have now been subsumed into the online Locus Index to Science Fiction, which should be used instead whenever possible.
Durie, A. J. L.: An Index to the British Editions of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction with Cross-Reference to the Original American Edition. HolRef Z5917 S36 H35
Fletcher, Marilyn P.: Science Fiction Story Index. 2nd ed., 1950-1979, PN 3448 S45 F55x
- Replaced by Contento, above; but circulates.
Halpern, Frank N.: International Classified Directory of Dealers in Science Fiction and Fantasy Books and Related Materials. Z286 F3 H34 1975
- Now very dated.
NESFA: Index to the Science Fiction Magazines 1926-50. HolRef PN 3448 S45 I53x
- All the NESFA indexes are now obsolete. Use Contento instead.
Parnell, Frank H. & Mike Ashley: Monthly Terrors: An Index to the Weird Fantasy Magazines Published in the United States and Great Britain. HolRef PS374.F27 P37 1985
Siemon, Frederick: Science Fiction Story Index 1950-1968. Z5917 S36 S5
- Replaced by Contento, above.

Indexes to criticism and reviews:

Clareson, Thomas: Science Fiction Criticism: An Annotated Checklist. HolRef Z5917 S36 C55
- This pioneering work is now outdated. Use Hall, below.
Hall, Halbert W.: Science Fiction Book Review Index 1923-1973. HolRef Z5917 S36 H35
*Hall, Halbert W.: Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index, 1878-1985: An International Author and Subject Index to History and Criticism PN3433.5.S35x 1987
- This invaluable source, plus its supplements–listed below–is now available in an updated online version as the “Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database“.
Hall, H. W.: Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index, 1985-1991: An International Author and Subject Index to History and Criticism HolRef PN3433.5 S35x 1987 v.1, v.2
Hall, H. W.: Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index, 1992-1995: An International Subject and Author Index to History and Criticism. HolRef PN3433.4 S34x 1997
Tymn, Marshall B.: Research Guide to Science Fiction. HolRef PN 3448 S45 T93 1977x
Tymn, Marshall B.: The Year’s Scholarship in Science Fiction and Fantasy, 1976-79. PN 3433.8 T95x 1982
- The Tymn and Schlobin indexes are replaced by Hall, above.
Tymn, Marshall B. & Roger C. Schlobin: The Year’s Scholarship in Science Fiction and Fantasy 1972-1975. PN 3448 S45 T94K (supplement to Clareson, above)

Film, illustrations, sound recordings, miscellaneous:

Burgess Meredith Reads Ray Bradbury. Record 287
Adler, Alan: Science Fiction and Horror Movie Posters in Full Color. PN 1995.9 P5 A
Baxter, John: Science Fiction in the Cinema. PN 1995.9 S26 B43
Beer, Gilian: Open Fields: Science in Cultural Encounter. PR468.S34 B44 1999
- This interesting study of the rhetoric of science largely ignores SF, except for touching on books by Lem and Wells.
Bova, Ben: Vision of the Future: The Art of Robert McCall. ND237 M4116 B6 1982
Broderick, Mick. Nuclear Movies: A Filmography. PN1995.9.N9B76 1988
- Replaced by the second edition, below.
Broderick, Mick. Nuclear Movies: A Critical Analysis and Filmography of International Feature Length Films Dealing with Experimentation, Aliens, Terrorism, Holocaust, and Other Disaster Scenarios, 1914-1990 [2nd ed.]. PN1995.9.N9B76 1991.
- The most comprehensive guide to this subject.
Brosnan, John: Future Tense: The Cinema of Science Fiction. PN 1995.9 S26 B7
Bukatman, Scott: Blade Runner. PN1997.B596 B85 1997
Felshin, Nina: Disarming images: Art for Nuclear Disarmament. N 6512 D584 1984
Frank, Alan: The Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Handbook. PN 1995.9 S26 F73 1982
Freas, Frank Kelly: The Art of Science Fiction. NC 975.5 F74 A45
Gifford, Denis: Science Fiction Film. PN 1995.9 S26 C5
Greene, Eric: Planet of the Apes as American Myth: Race and Politics in the Film and Television Series. PN1995.9.P495 G74 1996
Hardy, Phil. Science Fiction: The Arum Film Encyclopedia PN1995.9.S26S345x 1991
Hendershot, Cynthia. Paranoia, the Bomb, and 1950s Science Fiction Films. PN1995.9.S26 H37 1999
Johnson, William: Focus on the Science Fiction Film. PN 1995.9 S26 J6
Kapell, Matthew & William G. Doty, eds.: Jacking in to the Matrix Franchise: Cultural Reception and Interpretation. Vancouver PN1997.M395 J33 2004
Kaveny, Roz. From Alien to The Matrix: Reading Science Fiction Film. PN1995.9.S26 K38 2005
Kevorkian, Martin. Color Monitors: The Black Face of Technology in America P94.5.A372 U558 2006
Kuhn, Annette, ed. Alien Zone: Cultural Theory and Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema. PN 1995.9 S26 A818 1990
Kuhn, Annette, ed.: Alien Zone II: The Spaces of Science-Fiction Cinema. PN1995.9.S26 A8184 1999
Lee, Walt & Bill Warren: Reference Guide to Fantastic Films: Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror PN1995.9.F36L4
Lentz, Harris M., ed. Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television Credits Supplement: Through 1987. PN 1995.9 S26 L46
Lucanio, Patrick: Them or Us: Archetypal Interpretations of Fifties Alien Invasion Films. PN 1995.9 S26 L8 1987
Menville, Douglas: Things to Come (An Illustrated History of the Science Fiction Film). PN 1995.9 S
Napier, Susan Jolliffe: Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation. NC1766 .J3 N37 2001 Ê
National Library Service for the Blind and Handicapped: Science Fiction: A Selected List of Books that have Appeared in Talking Book Topics and Braille Book Review. Holland Documents (on the 3rd floor), Stack 65, LC 19.11
Nicholls, Peter: The World of Fantastic Films: An Illustrated Survey. PN 1995.9 F36 N53 1984
O’Neill, James: Sci-Fi on Tape: A Complete Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy on Video. PN1995.9.S26 O53 1997
Parish, James Robert: The Great Science Fiction Pictures. PN 1995.9 S26 P37
Pickard, Roy: Science Fiction in the Movies, An A-Z. PN 1995.9 S26 P5 1978
Pohl, Frederik: The New Visions: A Collection of Modern Science Fiction Art. NC 1882.7 S35 N4 1982
Randall, David Anton: Science Fiction and Fantasy: An Exhibition. Z6676 15 no 21
Resnick, Michael: The Official Price Guide to Comic and Science Fiction Books. PN6725 .O33x 1983
- Now very dated.
Sadoul, Jacques: 2000 AD: Illustrations from the Golden Age of Science Fiction Pulps. NC 986 S2213
Sammon, Paul M.: Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner. PN1997.B596 S26 1996
- Filled with fascinating inside information about the making of this seminal film.
Shapiro, Jerome F. Atomic Bomb Cinema: The Apocalyptic Imagination on Film. PN1995.9.W3 S52 2002
Shay, Don and Jody Duncan. The Making of T2: Terminator 2: Judgment Day PN1997.T397M35 1991, compact storage no. A5416
Skal, David. J.: Screams of Reason: Mad Science and Modern Culture. PN1995.9.H6 S58 1998
Slusser, George & Eric S. Rabkin, eds.: Shadows of the Magic Lamp: Fantasy and Science Fiction in Film. PN 1995.9 F36 S5 1985
Sobchak, Vivian Carol: Screening Space: The American Science Fiction Film. PN 1995.9 S26 S57 1987
Sobchak, Vivian Carol: The Limits of Infinity: The American Science Fiction Film 1950-1975. PN 1995.9 S26 S57 1980
Taylor, Al: Making a Monster: The Creation of Screen Characters by the Great Makeup Artists. PN 2068 T3
Telotte, J. P. A Distant Technology: Science Fiction Film and the Machine Age. PN1995.9.S26 T45 1999
Warren, Bill: Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties. PN 1995.9 S26 W37 1982
Weaver, Tom: Attack of the Monster Movie Makers: Double Feature Creature Attack: A Monster Merger of Two More Volumes of Classic Interviews. PN1995.9.S26 W43 2003
Willis, Donald C.: Horror and Science Fiction Films II. Ref. PN1995.9 H6 W53
Willis, Donald D.: Horror and Science Fiction Films: A Checklist. PN 1995.9 H6 W5
Willis, Donald: Variety’s Complete Science Fiction Reviews. HolRef PN 1995.9 S26 V37 1985
Wingrove, David, ed.: Science Fiction File Source Book. PN 1995.9 S26 S34x 1985

Histories and Criticism

Aikon, Paul E.: Origins of Futuristic Fiction. PN 3433.8 A44 1987
Aldiss, Brian. The Detached Retina: Aspects of SF and Fantasy PR830.S35 A39 1995b
Aldiss, Brian: Billion Year Spree. PR 830 S35 A38 (superseded by Trillion Year Spree, below)
Aldiss, Brian: Hell’s Cartographers: Some Personal Histories of Science Fiction Writers. PS 129 H4 1975
Aldiss, Brian: The Pale Shadow of Science. PR 6051 L3 Z476 1985
- Most of the content of this collection of essays is duplicated in other books by Aldiss, but it contains a handy defense of his choice of Mary Shelley as the founder of SF, plus useful essays on Stapledon, Philip K. Dick, and his own Helliconia trilogy.
Adliss, Brian: The Shape of Further Things. PR 6051 L3 Z5 1971
Aldiss, Brian: This World and Nearer Ones: Essays Exploring the Familiar. PR 6051 L3 T47 1981.
- Miscellaneous prefaces and other brief articles, including ones on Dick, Vonnegut, and Tarkovsky’s Solaris.
Aldiss, Brian: Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction PR 830 S35 A38 1986b (replaces Billion Year Spree, above)
Amis, Kingsley: New Maps of Hell. 823.09 Am57n
Andriano, Joseph: Immortal Monster: The Mythological Evolution of the Fantastic Beast in Modern Fiction and Film. PS374.M544 A53 1999
Antczak, J.: Science Fiction: The Mythos of a New Romance. Educ PS 374 S35 A58 1985
Apter, T. E.: Fantasy Literature: An Approach to Reality. PN 3435 A65 1982
Armitt, Lucie: Contemporary Women’s Fiction and the Fantastic. PN3435 .A76 2000
Armytage, W. H.: Yesterday’s Tomorrows. CB 151 A77
Asimov, Isaac: Asimov’s Galaxy: Reflections on Science Fiction PS3551 S5 Z463 1989
Asimov, Isaac: Asimov on Science Fiction. PN 3433.5 A8
Asimov, Isaac & Martin H. Greenberg: Cosmic Critiques: How & Why Ten Science Fiction Stories Work. PN3377.5.S3C6 1990
Attebery, Brian: The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature from Irving to LeGuin. PS 374 F27 A8b
Attebery, Brian: Decoding Gender in Science Fiction. PS374.S35 A84 2002
Bailey, James O.: Pilgrims Through Space and Time: Trends and Patterns in Scientific and Utopian Fiction. PN 3448 S45 B47
Bainbridge, William Sims: Dimensions of Science Fiction. PN 3433.5 B35 1986
Bainbridge, William Sims: The Spaceflight Revolution: A Sociological Study. Science TL 788.5 B34
Barr, Marleen S. Alien to Femininity: Speculative Fiction and Feminist Theory [Part 1: Community Immortal Feminist Communities: A Recent Idea In Speculative Fiction “The Females do the Fathering!”: Reading, Resisting, and James Tiptree Jr. Eclipsing the Connecticut Yankee: Female Time Travelers Part 2: Heroism New Incarnations of Psyche: World-Changing Womanists Heroic Fantastic Femininity: Woman Warriors Part 3: Sexuality and Reproduction “Biological Wishful Thinking”: Strange Bedfellows and Phallic Fallacies Reproducing Reproduction, Manipulating Motherhood: Pregnancy and Power]. PN3433.6 .B37 1987
Barr, Marlene S. Feminist Fabulation: Space/Postmodern Fiction. PN3401.B38 1992
Barr, Marleen S.: Future Females: A Critical Anthology. PN 6071 S33 F84x
Barr, Marleen S.: Future Females, The Next Generation: New Voices and Velocities in Feminist Science Fiction Criticism. PS374.S35 F88 2000
Barr, Marleen S.: Genre Fission: A New Discourse Practice for Cultural Studies PS374.P64 B37 2000
Barr, Marleen S. Lost in Space: Probing Feminist Science Fiction and Beyond PS374.S35B33 1993
Barr, Marleen S., Ruth Salvaggio & Richard Law: Suzy McKee Charnas/Octavia Butler/Joan D. Vinge. PS 374 S35 B34 1986
Ben-Tov, Sharona: The Artificial Paradise: Science Fiction and American Reality. PS374.S35 B38 1995
Berger, Harold L.: Science Fiction and the New Dark Age. PN 3448 S45 B43
Bennett, Betty T. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: An Introduction. PR5398 .B46 1998
Biermann, Lillian: Images in a Crystal Ball: World Future in Novels for Young People. PN 3433.4 W4
Bleiler, E. F. Science Fiction: The Gernsback Years: A Complete Coverage of the Genre Magazines from 1926 through 1936. PS648.S3 B57 1998
Bleiler, E. F.: Science Fiction Writers: Critical Studies of the Major Authors from the Early Nineteenth Century to the Present Day. PS 374 B35 S36 1982
Blish, James: More Issues at Hand. PN 3448 S45 B47
Booker, M. Keith: Dystopian Literature: A Theory and Research Guide PN56.D94 B66 1994
Booker, M. Keith: Monsters, Mushroom Clouds, and the Cold War: American Science Fiction and the Roots of Postmodernism, 1946-1964. PS374.S35 B66 2001
Bova, Ben: Notes to a Science Fiction Writer. PZ4 B782 Nox
Bova, Benjamin W.: Notes to a Science Fiction Writer. PN 3377.5 S3 B6 1982
Bretnor, Reginald: The Craft of Science Fiction: A Symposium on Writing Science Fiction and Science Fantasy. PN 3377.5 S3 C7
Bretnor, Reginald: Modern Science Fiction: Its Meaning and Its Future. 809.3 B756m
Bretnor, Reginald: Science Fiction, Today and Tomorrow. PN 3448 S5 B7
Brians, Paul: Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction 1895-1984. PN 352 N83 B753x 1987
Bridenne, Jean Jacques: La litterature francaise d’imagination scientifique. 843.09 B763L
Brigg, Peter. The Span of Mainstream and Science Ficction: A Critical Study of a New Literary Genre PR888.S34 B75 2002
Broderick, Damien: The Architecture of Babel: Discourses of Literature and Science. PN55 .B74 1994
Broderick, Damien: Transrealist Fiction: Writing in the Slipstream of Science PN3433.5 .B76 2000
Bukatman, Scott: Terminal Identity: The Virtual Subject in Postmodern Science Fiction. PS374.S35 B84 1993
Buker, Derek M.: Science Fiction and Fantasy Readers’ Advisory: The Librarian’s Guide to Cyborgs, Aliens, and Sorcerers. Z688.S32 B85 2002
Calkins, Elizabeth: Teaching Tomorrow: A Handbook of Science Fiction for Teachers. Educ LB 1631 C29
Campbell, John W., et al.: Modern Science Fiction: Its Meaning and Its Future. 809.3 B7566m
Canaday, John. The Nucler Muse: Literature, Physics, and the First Atomic Bombs. QC791.96 .C36 2000
Card, Orson Scott. How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy. PN3377.5.S3C37 1990
Carter, Paul Allen: The Creation of Tomorrow: Fifty Years of Magazine Fiction. PN 3448 S45 C36
Chapman, Edgar L. & Carl B. Yoke, eds. Classic and Iconoclastic History Science Fiction. PS374.S35 C58 2003
Chernaik, Laura: Social and Virtual Sace: Science Fiction, Transnationalism, and the American New Right HN90.M6 C43 2005
Cioffi, Frank: Formula Fiction? An Anatomy of American Science Fiction 1930-1940. PS 374 S35 C5 1982
Clareson, Thomas P.: Many Futures, Many Worlds: Theme and Form in Science Fiction. PN 3448 S45 M3
Clareson, Thomas P.: Science Fiction: The Other Side of Realism. PN 3448 S45 C5
Clareson, Thomas P.: Some Kind of Paradise: The Emergence of American Science Fiction PS 374 S35 C56 1985
Clareson, Thomas P.: A Spectrum of Worlds. PZ1 3542 Sp
Clareson, Thomas P.: Voices for the Future: Essays on Major Science Fiction Writers. PN 3448 S45 V6
Clarke, Ignatius Frederick: Voices Prophesying War. D445 C6
- Colloque international de science-fiction: Actes du premier colloque international de science-fiction de Nice: Images de l ailleurs Espace interieur, ed. Jean Emelina & Denise Terrel. PN 3448 S45 C64x 1983
Conte, Joseph Mark: Design and Debris: A Chaotics of Postmodern American Fiction. PS374.C4 C66 2002
Cowart, David & Thomas L. Wymer: Twentieth-Century American Science Fiction Writers. PS 243 A45 v.8
Crosby, Janice. C. Cauldron of Changes: Feminist Spirituality in Fantastic Fiction. PS374.F27 C76 2000
Davin, Eric Leif: Pioneers of Wonder; Conversations with the Founders of Science Fiction. PS374.S35 D36 1999
Davies, Philip John, ed. Science Fiction, Social Conflict, and War. PN3433.5.S35 1990
de Camp, L. Sprague: Science Fiction Handbook. PN 3377.5 S3 D4 1975
de Camp, L. Sprague: Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: The Makers of Heroic Fantasy. PR830 F3 D4
Delany, Samuel R.: The Jewel-Hinged Jaw. PN 3448 S45 D4x
Delany, Samuel R.: The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village, 1957-1965, PS 3554 E437 Z475 1988
Delany, Samuel R.: Shorter Views: Queer Thoughts & the Politics of the Paraliterary. PS3554.E437 Z4756 1999
Delany, Samuel R.: Silent Interviews: On Language, Race, Sex, Science Fiction, and Some Comics: A Collection of Written Interviews PS3554.E437 Z476 1994
Delany, Samuel R.: Starboard Wine: More Notes on the Language of Science Fiction. PN 3433.5 D45x 1984
Del Rey, Lester: The World of Science Fiction 1926-1976: The History of a Subculture. PS374 S35 D4
Dery, Mark. The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium: American Culture on the Brink. NX180.S6 D48 1999
Dewey, Joseph: In a Dark Time: The Apocalyptic Temper in the American Novel of the Nuclear Age PS 374 A 65 D4 1990
Disch, Thomas M. The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World. PN3433.5 D57 1998
Donawerth, Jane: Frankenstein’s Daughters: Women Writing Science Fiction PS374.S35 D66 1997
Dozois, Gardner, ed.: Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy. PN337.5.S3W75
Dunn, Thomas P.: The Mechanical God: Machines in Science Fiction. PN3433.6 M4
Du Pont, Denise, ed.: Women of Vision. PS 374 S35 W64 1988
Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: Bridge to Science Fiction. PN 3448 S45 E2 1979
Ellison, Harlan: Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed. PS 3555 L62 S65 1984
Erlich, Richard D., and Dunn, Thomas P., eds.: Clockwork Worlds: Mechanized Enrivonments in Science Fiction. PN 3433.6C56 1983
Eshbach, Lloyd, ed.: Of Worlds Beyond: The Science of Science Fiction Writing. PN 3448 S45 E7
Evans, Hilary and Dik: Beyond the Gaslight: Science in Popular Fiction 1885-1905. PR 1309 S45 B4
Fernbach, Amanda: Fantasies of Fetishism: From Decadence to the Post-Human.
Ferns, C. S. Narrating Utopia: Ideology, Gender, Form in Utopian Litrature. PN3448.U7 F47 1999
Ferreira, Maria Aline Seabra: I Am the Other: Literary Negotiations of Human Cloning. PS374.H83 F47 2005
Ferrerar, Juan: La Novela de Ciencia Ficcion. PN 3448 S45 F38
Fischer, William B.: The Empire Strikes Out: Kurd Lasswitz, Hans Dominik, and the Development of German Science Fiction. PT 747 S34 F57 1984
Flanagan, Mary & Austin Booth: Reload: rethinking women + cyberculture PS151 .R45 2002 Ê
Franklin, Howard Bruce: Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century. PN 3448 S45 F7
Fredericks, Casey: The Future of Eternity: Mythologies of Science Fiction and Fantasy. PN 3433.6 F7 1982
Freedman, Carl. Critical Theory and Science Fiction. PN3433.5 .F74 2000
Garber, Eric: Uranian Worlds: A Reader’s Guide to Alternative Sexuality in Science Fiction. PN 56 H57 G37x 1983. See newer edition, below.
Garber, Eric and Lyn Paleo: Uranian Worlds: A Reader’s Guide to Alternative Sexuality in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. PN56.H57G37x 1990
Ginn, Sherry. Our Space, Our Place: Women in the Worlds of Science Fiction Television. PN1992.8.W65 G56 2005
Glut, Donald F. The Frankenstein Archive: Essays on the Monster, the Myth, the Movies, and More. PN1995.9.F8 G59 2002 Ê
Goswami, Amit: The Cosmic Dancers: Exploring the Physics of Science Fiction. Sci. Q162 G7 1983
Goulart, Ron: Cheap Thrills: An Informal History of the Pulp Magazines. PS 379 G6
Gove, Philip Babcock: The Imaginary Voyage in Prose Fiction: A History of its Criticism and a Guide for its Study, with an Annotated Check Lis of 215 Imaginary Voyages from 1700 to 1800.PN 3432 G69 1961
Greenberg, Martin H.: Fantastic Lives: Autobiographical Essays by Notable Science Fiction Writers. PS 129 F3
Green, Roger Lancelyn: Into Other Worlds. 809 G825i
Greenland, Colin: The Entropy Exhibition: Michael Moorcock and the British “New Wave” in Science Fiction. PR 830 S35 G73 1983
Griffiths, John: Three Tomorrows: American, British, and Soviet Science Fiction. PN 3448 S45 G75x
Gunn, James: Alternate Worlds: The Illustrated History of Science Fiction. PN 3448 S45 G8
Gunn, James: The Discovery of the Future: The Ways Science Fiction Developed. PN 3448 S45 G81x
Haraway, Donna: The Haraway Reader HQ1190 .H364 2004
Harris-Fain, Darren: British Fantasy and Science-Fiction Writers, 1918-1960. Holref. PN451 .D52x v.255 Ê
Harris-Fain, Darren:British Fantasy and Science-Fiction Writers Since 1960. Holref. PN451 .D52x v. 261
Harris-Fain, Darren: Understanding Contemporary American Science Fiction: The Age of Maturity, 1970-2000. PS374.S35 H37 2005
Hartwell, David G.: Age of Wonders: Exploring the World of Science Fiction. PN 3433.8 H36 1984
Hartwell, David G. & Kathryn Cramer, eds.: The Space Opera Renaissance PS648.S3 S55 2006
Hassler, Donald M.: Comic Tones in Science Fiction: The Art of Compromise with Nature. PN 3433.8 H37 1982
- Contains surprisingly little about SF, less about comedy. Examples discussed from Asimov, Clement, LeGuin, Pohl, Sturgeon
Hay, George, ed.: The Edward De Bono Science Fiction Collection. Z695.1 E4 N37
Hayles, N. Katherine: How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics. Q335 .H394 1999 (Owen Library)
Healy, Janet K. Miller: Simulated Realities: Contemporary Science Fiction, Golding and Robbe-Grillet. (Thesis) WSU L5 1980 H4
Heard, Alex: Apocalypse Pretty Soon: Travels in End-Time America. BR526 .H335 1999
Hellekson, Karen. The Alternate History: Refiguring Historical Time. PS374.H5 H44 2001
Hogeland, Lisa Maria. Feminism and Its Fictions: The Consciousness-Raising Novel and the Women’s Liberation Movement. PS374.F45 H64 1998
Hollinger, Veronica and Joan Gordon, eds.: Edging into the Future: Science Fiction and Contemporary Cultural Transformation. PS374 .S35 E37 2002 Ê
Hornum, Barbara G.: American Values and World View as Reflected in Science Fiction. Microfilm PN 3448 S45 H67x
Huntington, John: Rationalizing Genius: Ideological Strategies in the Classic American Science Fiction Short Story. PS 374 S35 H86 1989
Innes, Sherrie A. Tough Girls: Women Warriors and Wonder Women in Popular Culture. P94.5.W65 I56 1999
International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film: Aspects of Fantasy: Selected essays from the Second International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film, ed. by William Coyle PZ3435 I57 1981
International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film: Contours of the Fantastic, Selected Essays from the Eighth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, ed. Michele K. Langford. PN 56 F34 I58 1990
International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film: The Scope of the Fantastic: Theory, Technique, Major Authors. PN 56 F34 I 57 1980 or PN 56 F34 I 57 1980a
International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts: Spectrum of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Sixth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, ed. Donald Palumbo NX 650 F36 I59 1985
International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts: Reflections on the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Fourth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, ed. by Michael R. Collings PN 56 F34 I58 1983
Isaacs, Leonard: Darwin to Double Helix: The Biological Theme in Science Fiction. PR 830 S35
Ivison, Douglas, ed.: Canadian Fantasy and Science-Fiction Writers. PN451 .D52x v. 251 Ê
Jameson, Fredric: Archaeologies of the Future: The Desire Called Utopia and Other Science Fictions. PS648.S3 J36 2005
Jarvis, Brian.: Postmodern Cartographies: The Geographical Imagination in Contemporary American Culture. GF91.U6 J37 1998b
Jarvis, Sharon: Inside Outer Space: Science Fiction Professionals Look at Their Craft PN 3433.5 I57 1985
Johnston, John. Information Multiplicity: American Fiction in the Age of Media Saturation. PS374.M43 J64 1998
Jones, A.: Deconstructing the Starships: Science, Fiction and Reality. PN3433.8 .J66x 1999
Kasack, Wolfgang: Science-Fiction Osteuropa: Beitrage zur russischen, polnischen und tschechischen phantastischen Literatur. PG 512 S35 1984
Keim, Heinrich: New Wave: die Avantgarde der modernen anglo-amerikanischen Science Fiction. PR 888 S35 K44 1983
Kerman, Judith B., ed. Retrofitting Blade Runner: Issues in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and Philip K. Dick s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? PN1997.B283R4 1991
Ketterer, David: New Worlds for Old: The Apocalyptic Imagination, Science Fiction and American Literature. PS 374 S35 R4
Ketterer, David: Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy. PR9192 S34 K48 1992
De Witt Douglas Kilgore: Astrofuturism: Science, Race, and Visions of Utopia in Space. PS374.S35 K43 2003 Ê
King, Betty: Women of the Future: The Female Character in Science Fiction. PS 374 S35 K44
Kitchin, Rob & James Kneale: Lost in Space: Geographies of Science Fiction. PN3433.6 .L67 2002
Knight, Damon: In Search of Wonder. 813.09 K743i
Knight, Damon: Turning Points: Essays on the Art of Science Fiction. PN 3448 S45t
Knight, Diana: Barthes and Utopia: Space, Travel, Writing PN75.B29 K55 1997
Kreuziger, Frederick A.: The Religion of Science Fiction PN 3433.6 K74 1986
Kumar, Krishan: Utopia and Anti-Utopia in Modern Times. HX806 K86 1987
Landon, Brooks: Science Fiction After 1900: From the Steam Man to the Stars. PN3433.8 .L36 1997
Larbalestier, Justine. The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction. PS374.S35 L29 2002
Lederer, Susan E.: Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature. PR5397.F73 F75 2002 Ê
Lefanu, Sarah. In the Chinks of the World Machine: Feminism and Science Fiction. PN 3433.6 L43x 1988
LeGuin, Ursula K.: Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places. PS 3562 E42 D36 1989
LeGuin, Ursula K.: The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction. PN 3435 L4
LeGuin, Ursula K.: The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction, rev. ed. PN3435.L4 1992
Le Guin, Ursula K.: The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagintion. PS3562.E42 W38 2004
Lem, Stanislaw: Microworlds: Writings on Science Fiction and Fantasy. PN 500 B25A5
Lenz, Millicent. Nuclear Age Literature for Youth: The Quest for a Life-Affirming Ethic. PN1009.A1L47 1990
Lerner, Frederick Andrew: Modern Science Fiction and the American Literary Community. PS 374 S35 L4 1985
Lewis, C. S.: Of Other Worlds. PR 6023 E926 O3 1967
Lofficier, Jean-Marc & Randy: French Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Pulp Fiction: A Guide to Cinema, Television, Radio, Animation, Comic Books and Litrature from the Middle Ages to the Present. PQ637.F3 L64 2000
MaGuire, Patrick L.: Red Stars: Political Aspects of Soviet Science Fiction. PG 3098 S5 M38 1985
Malik, Rex, ed.: Future Imperfect: Science Fact and Science Fiction. PN 3433.2 F8
Malzberg, Barry N.: The Engines of the Night: Science Fiction in the Eighties. PN 3433.8 M34
Malmgren, Carl Carryl. Worlds Apart: Narratology of Science Fiction. PN3433.5.M35 1991
Manlove, C.: Science Fiction: Ten Explorations PS 374 S35 M36 1986
Mannix, Patrick. The Rhetoric of Antinuclear Fiction: Persuasive Strategies in Novels and Films. PS374.N82M36 1992
Matthew, Robert. Japanese Science Fiction: A View of a Changing Society. New York: Routledge, 1989. PL 747.57 S3 M37 1989
McCaffery, Larry: Across the Wounded Galaxies: Interviews with Contemporary American Science Fiction Writers (Benford, Burroughs, Butler, Delany, Disch, Gibson, le Guin, Russ, Sterling, Wolfe) PS 374 S35 M39 1990
McCaffery, Larry: Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of Cyberpunk and Postmodern Science Fiction. PS374.S35S76 1991
McKnight, Stephen A., ed. Science, Pseudo-Science, and Utopianism in Early Modern Thought. Q125.S43463 1992
McNelly, Willis: Science Fiction: The Academic Awakening. PN 3448 S45 S3
Melzer, Patricia: Alien Constructions: Science Fiction and Feminist Thought. PS374 S35 M45 2006
Meyers, Walter E.: Aliens and Linguists: Language Study and Science Fiction. PN 3448 S45 N46
Merrick, Helen & Tess Williams, ed.: Women of Other Worlds: Excursions Through Science Fiction & Feminism. PN98.W64 W66x 1999
Michael, Magali Cornier: Feminism and the Postmodern Impulse: Post-World War II Fiction. PR888.I45 M53 1996
Millies, Suzanne: Science Fiction Primer for Teachers. PN 3448 S45 M5
Moskowitz, Samuel: Explorers of the Infinite. PN 3448 S45 M65
Moskowitz, Samuel: Seekers of Tomorrow. PN 3448 S45 M66
Moskowitz, Samuel: Strange Horizons: The Spectrum of Science Fiction. PN 3448 S45 M665
Moylan, Tom: Demand the Impossible: Science Fiction and the Utopian Imagination. PS 374 U8 M69 1986
Moylan, Tom: Scraps of the Untainted Sky: Science Fiction, Utopia, Dystopia. PN3433.6 .M69 2000
Myers, Robert E., ed.: The Intersection of Science Fiction and Philosophy: Critical Studies. PN 3433.6 I 57 1983
Nadeau, Robert: Readings from the New Book on Nature: Physics and Metaphysics in the Modern Novel. PS374 P45 N3
Nahin, Paul J. Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science Fiction. PS374.S35N34 1993
Nicholls, Peter, ed.: Science Fiction at Large: A Collection of Essays by Various Hands about the Interface Between Science Fiction and Reality. PN 3448 S45 S28
Nicholls, Peter, ed.: The Science in Science Fiction. SCI Q 162 S4127 1982
Nye, David E.: Narratives and Spaces: Technology and the Construction of American Culture. E169.1 .N816 1997
O Leary, Stephen D.: Arguing the Apocalypse: A Theory of Millennial Rhetoric. BL501.O44 1994
Olsen, Lance: Ellipse of Uncertainty: An Introduction to Postmodern Fantasy. PN 56 F34 O47 1987
Panshin, Alexei: Science Fiction in Dimension: A Book of Explorations. PN 3448 S45p
Panshin, Alexei and Cory: The World Beyond the Hill: Science Fiction and the Quest for Transcendence. PN 3433.5 P26 1989
Parker, Helen N.: Biological Themes in Modern Science Fiction. PN 3433.6 P37 1984
Parrinder, Patrick: Science Fiction: Its Criticism and Teaching. PN3448 S45 P37x
Pawling, Christopher, ed.: Popular Fiction and Social Change. PN 3344 P66 1984b
Perkins, Michael: The Secret Record. PN 56 E7 P4
Pettman, Dominic: After the Orgy: Toward a Politics of Exhaustion. BL503.2 .P47 2002
Philmus, Robert M.: Into the Unknown: The Evolution of Science Fiction from Francis Godwin to H. G. Wells. PR 830 S35 P5
Philmus, Robert M.: Visions and Re-visions: (re)Constructing Science Fiction. PR830.S35 P57 2005
Pierce, Hazel: A Literary Symbiosis: Science Fiction/Fantasy Mystery. PN 3433.6 P54 1983
Pierce, John J.: Foundations of Science Fiction: A Study in Imagination and Evolution. PN3433.8 P54 1987
Vol. 1 of a useful three-volume history of SF treated by theme.
Pierce, John J.: Great Themes of Science Fiction: A Study in Imagination and Evolution. PN 3433.8 P544 1987
Vol. 2 of the series. (Vol. 3 has not yet appeared.)
Plattel, Martin G.: Utopian and Critical Thinking. HX 806 P5513
Platt, Charles: Dream Makers: The Uncommon People Who Write Science Fiction. PN 165 P56x
Pohl, Frederik: The Way the Future Was: A Memoir. PS3566 036 Z47
Porter, Jennifer E. & Darcee L. McLaren, eds.: Star Trek and Sacred Ground: Explorations of Star Trek, Religion, and American Culture. PN1995.9.S694 S72 1999
Pournelle, Jerry & Jim Baen, eds.: The Science Fiction Yearbook. PZ 1 S45x 1985
Rabkin, Eric S.: The Fantastic in Literature. PN 56 P34 R3
Rabkin, Eric S.: No Place Else: Explorations in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction. PR 830 U7 N6 1983
Rabkin, Eric S., Martin H. Greenberg, and Joseph D. Olander: The End of the World. PN 3433.6 E6 1983
Randall, David: Science Fiction and Fantasy: An Exhibition Jan-April 1975. Z6676 I5 no. 21
Reilly, Robert, ed.: The Transcendent Adventure: Studies of Religion in Science Fiction. PR 830 S35 T73 1985
Ridgway, Jim and Michele Benjamin: PsiFi: Psychological Theories and Science Fictions. PN 56 P93 R53x 1987
Riley, Dick: Critical Encounters: Writers and Themes in Science Fiction. PS 374 S35 C74
Roemer, Kenneth M., ed.: America as Utopia. PS 374 U8 A47
Rogow, Roberta: Futurespeak: A Fan’s Guide to the Language of Science Fiction. PN3433.4.R64 1991
Rose, Lois: The Shattered Ring: Science Fiction and the Quest for Meaning PN 3448 S45 R6
Rose, Mark: Alien Encounters: Anatomy of Science Fiction . PN 3433.8 R6
Rose, Mark: Science Fiction: A Collection of Critical Essays. PN 3448 S45 S27
Rosenberg, Daniel & Susan Harding, eds.: Histories of the Future. PS374.F73 H57 2000
Rottensteiner, Franz: The Science Fiction Book: An Illustrated History. PN 3448 S45 R65
Rotschild, Joan, ed.: Machina ex Dea: Feminist Perspectives on Technology. T14.5 M3 1983
Ruddick, Nicholas. Ultimate Island: On the Nature of British Science Fiction. PR830.S35.R845 1993
Russ, Joanna: The Image of Women in Science Fiction in Images of Women in Fiction: Feminist Perspectives, ed. Susan Koppelman Cornillon. PN3411.C6 1973
Russ, Joanna: To Write Like a Woman: Essays in Feminism and Science Fiction. PS147 R87 1995.
Russell, Miles, ed. Digging Holes in Popular Culture: Archaeology and Science Fiction. PN3433.6 .D54 2002
Sabella, Robert. Who Shaped Science Fiction? PS374.S35 S18 2000
Saciuk, Olena H., ed. The Shape of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Seventh International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. PN 56 F34 I58 1986
Sadler, Frank: The Unified Ring: Narrative Art and the Science-Fiction Novel. PN 3377.5 S3 S2 1984
Sammons, Martha C.: A Better Country: The World of Religious Fantasy and Science Fiction. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
Sandison, Alan & Robert Dingley, eds.: Histories of the Future: Studies in Fact, Fantasy and Science Fiction. PS374.F73 H57 2000
Samuelson, David: Visions of Tomorrow: Six Journeys from Outer to Inner Space. PS 374
Sargent, Lyman Tower: British and American Utopian Literature. 1516-1975. PR 149 U8 S3x & PR149.U8S3x 1988
Sawyer, Andy & David Seed, eds.: Speaking Science Fiction: Dialogues and Interpretations. PN3433.2 .S67 2000
Sayer, Karen & John Moore, ed.: Science Fiction: Critical Frontiers. PS374.S35 S333 2000
Schafer, Martin: Science Fiction als Ideologiekritik?. PS 374 S35 S28 1977
Schaffner, Val: Lost in Cyberspace: Essays and Far-Fetched Tales. PS3569.C46L6 1993
Schlobin, Roger C.: Urania’s Daughters: A Checklist of Women Science Fiction Writers, 1692-1982.
Scholes, Robert E.: Science Fiction: History, Science, Vision. PN 3448 S45
Scholes, Robert E.: Structural Fabulation: An Essay on Fiction of the Future. PR 830 S35 S3
Schulz, Hans-Joachim: Science Fiction. PN 3433.6 S34x 1986
Schwenger, Peter: Letter Bomb: Nuclear Holocaust and the Exploding Word. PN98.D43S39 1992
Science Fiction Writers of America: Writing and Selling Science Fiction. PN 337.5 S3 S3 1982
Scott, Melissa: Conceiving the Heavens: Creating the Science Fiction Novel. PN 3377.5 .S3 s37 1997
Seed, David: Anticipations: Esays on Early Science Fiction and Its Precursors. PR830.S35 A58 1995
Shinn, Thelma J.: Worlds Within Women: Myth and Mythmaking in Fantastic Literature by Women. PS 374 F27 S45 1986
Slusser, George E. & Eric S. Rabkin, eds.: Aliens: The Anthropology of Science Fiction. PN 3433.6 A44 1987
Slusser, George E. & Eric S. Rabkin, eds.: Hard Science Fiction. PN 343.2 H37 1986
Slusser, George E., Eric S. Rabkin & Robert Scholes, eds.: Bridges to Fantasy. PN 56 F34 B7 1982
Slusser, George E., Eric S. Rabkin & Robert Scholes, eds.: Coordinates: Placing Science Fiction and Fantasy. PN 3433.2 C66 1983
Slusser, George E. & Eric S. Rabkin, eds.: Fights of Fancy: Armed Conflict in Science Fiction and Fantasy PN3433.6 F54 1993
Slusser, George E. & Eric S. Rabkin, eds.: Intersections: Fantasy and Science Fiction. PN 3433.2 I58 1987
Slusser, George E. & Eric S. Rabkins, eds.: Mindscapes: The Geographies of Imagined Worlds. PN 3435 M55 1989
Slusser, George E. & Eric S. Rabkin, eds.: Storm Warnings: Science Fiction Confronts the Future. PS 374 F86 S86 1987
Slusser, George & Eric S. Rabkin, eds.: Styles of Creation: Aesthetic Technique and the Creation of Fictional Worlds. PN3433.5.S894 1992
Interesting essays on various aspects of style in SF.
Slusser, George E. & Tom Shippey, eds. Fiction 2000: Cyberpunk and the Future of Narrative. PN3433.6F53 1992
Slusser, George E., Gary Westfahl, & Eric S. Rabkin, eds.: Immortal Engines: Life Extension and Immortality in Science Fiction and Fantasy. PN3433.2 I56 1996
Smith, Curtis C., ed.: Twentieth-Century Science Fiction Writers. PS 374 S35 T89
Smith, Nicholas D.: Philosophers Look at Science Fiction. PS 374 S35 P4 1982
Spaulding, A. Timothy: Re-Forming the Past: History, the Fantastic, and the Postmodern Slave Narrative. PS374.S58 S66 2005
Spinrad, Norman: Science Fiction in the Real World. PN3433.5.S65 1990
Spittel, Olaf R. Science-Fiction: Essays. PN 3433.5 S34x 1987
Stableford, Brian W.: Scientific Romance in Britain, 1890-1950. PR 888 S35 S73 1985b
Staicar, Tom: Critical Encounters II: Writers and Themes in Science Fiction. PN3433.8 C73 1982
Staicar, Tom: The Feminine Eye: Science Fiction and the Women Who Write It. PS 374 S35 F45 1982
Stocker, Jack H., ed.: Chemistry and Science Fiction. PS374.S35 C48 1998
Stockwell, Peter. The Poetics of Science Fiction. PN3433.6 S76 2000
Interesting explorations of stylistic patterns in SF.
Suvin, Darko: Victorian Science Fiction in the UK: The Discourses of Knowledge and Power. PR878 S35 S8 1983
Suvin, Darko: Metamorphosis of Science Fiction. PN 3448 S45 S897
Suvin, Darko: Positions and Presuppositions in Science Fiction. PN 3433.8 S88 1988
Swanson, Roy A.: Voices for the Future: Essays on Major Science Fiction Writers. PN 3448 S45 V6
Swinfen, Ann : In Defence of Fantasy: A Study of the Genre in English and American Literature since 1945. PR 888F3 S94 1984
Tatsumi, Takayuki: Full Metal Apache: Transactions Between Cyberpunk Japan and Avant-Pop America. PL747.55.T37
Tymn, Marshall B.: Science Fiction: A Teacher’s Guide and Resource Book. PN 3433.7 S35 1988
Tymn, Marshall B.: Science Fiction: Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines PN 3433 T9 1985
Wagar, W. Warren: Terminal Visions: The Literature of Last Things. PN 56 E63 W33 1982
Waller, John: Fabulous Science: Fact and Fiction in the History of Scientific Discovery. Q125 .W266 2002
Walsh, Chad: From Utopia to Nightmare. HX 806 W2 1972
Warner, Marina. Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds: Ways of Telling the Self ÊPN56.M53 W37 2002 (missing)
Warrick, Patricia S.: The Cybernetic Imagination in Science Fiction. PN 3448 S45 W34
Weaver, John A., Karen Anijar & Toby Daspit, eds. Science Fiction Curriculum, Cyborg
Weber, Ronald: Seeing Earth: Literary Responses to Space Exploration. PS 228 O 96 W43 1985
Weintraub, Pamela: The Omni Interviews. Sci QH 311 046 1984
Westfahl, Gary: The Mechanics of Wonder: The Creation of the Idea of Science Fiction. PS3513.E8668 Z95 1998
A defensive of the importance of formative role of editor Hugo Gernsback over John Campbell in the creation of modern SF.
Westfahl, Gary: Science Fiction, Children’s Literature, and Popular Culture: Coming of Age in Fantasyland PS374.S35 W44 2000
Westfahl, Gary, ed.: Space and Beyond: The Frontier Theme in Science Fiction. PS374.S35 S63 2000
Westfahl, Gary & George Slusser, eds. Nursery Realms: Children in the Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. PN56.5 .C48 N87 1999
Wolfe, Gary K.: Critical Terms for Science Fiction and Fantasy: A Glossary and Guide to Scholarship. PN 3435 W64 1966
Wolfe, Gary K.: The Known and the Unknown: The Iconography of Science Fiction. PS 374 S35 W34
Wollheim, Donald A.: The Universe Makers: Science Fiction Today. PN 3448 S45 W57 1971
Wolmark, Jenny: Aliens and Others: Science Fiction, Feminism and Postmodernism PN3433.6.W65 1994
Wolmark, Jenny, ed.: Cybersexualities: A Reader on Feminist Theory Cyborgs and Cyberspace. PN3433.6 .C83 1999
Wu, Dingbo and Patrick D. Murphy, eds. Science Fiction from China. PL 2658 E8 S36 1989
Yoke, Carl B. Phoenix from the Ashes: The Literature of the Remade World. PS 374 R39 P48 1987
Yoke, Carl B. and Donald M. Hassler, eds.: Death and the Serpent: Immortality in Science Fiction and Fantasy. PN 3433.6 D4 1985
Yuen, Wong Kin, Gary Westfahl & Amy Kit-sze Chan: World Weavers: Globalization, Science Fiction, and the Cybernetic Revolution. PN3433.5 .W67 2005

Studies of individual authors

Various

Arbur, Rosemarie: Leigh Brackett, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and Ann McCaffrey: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography. PS 374 S35 A73x
Keulen, Margarete. Radical Imagination: Feminist conceptions of the Future in Ursula Le Guin, Marge Piercy, and Sally Miller Gearhart. PS374.F86K48 1991
Zahorski, Kenneth J.: Lloyd Alexander, Evangeline Walton Ensley, Kenneth Morris: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography. PS 228 F35 Z35x

Aldiss

Aldiss, Brian. The Twinkling of an Eye. PR6951 L3 Z478 1998
- Aldiss’ autobiography is best on his youth; has little to say about his fiction except for Greybeard, Barefoot in the Head, and the Helliconia trilogy.
Collings, Michael R.: Brian Aldiss. PR 6051 L3 Z6 1986
Griffin, Brian: Apertures: A Study of the Writings of Brian W. Aldiss. PR 6051 L3 268 1984
Henighan, Tom. Brian Aldiss. PR6051.L3 Z69 1999

Anthony

Collings, Michael R.: Piers Anthony. PS 3551 N73 Z6 1983

Asimov

Asimov, Isaac: In Joy Still Felt: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1954-1978. PS3551 S5 Z515
Asimov, Isaac: In Memory Yet Green: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1920-1954. PS3551 S5 Z517
Asimov, Isaac: It’s Been a Good Life PS3551.S5 Z473 2002
Freedman, Carl: Conversations with Isaac Asimov. PS3551.S5 Z465 2005
Gunn, James E. Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction PS3551.S5 Z62 1996

Ballard, J. G.

Brigg, Peter. J. G. Ballard. PR6052.A46 Z59 1985
Delville, Michel. J. G. Ballard. In process.
Stephenson, Gregory. Out of the Night and Into the Dream: A Thematic Study of the Fiction of J. G. Ballard PR6052.A46Z88 1991

Blish

Ketterer, David: Imprisoned in a Tesseract: The Life and Work of James Blish. PS 3503 L64 Z74 1987

Bradbury

Greenberg, Martin Harry & Joseph D. Olander, eds.: Ray Bradbury. PS 3503 R167 Z85
Reid, Robin Anne. Ray Bradbury: A Critical Companion. PS3503 .R167 Z86 2000
Touponce, William F.: Ray Bradbury and the Poetics of Reverie. PS 3503 R167 Z88 1984
Weist, Jerry: Bradbury: An Illustrated Life: A Journey to Far Metaphor.” PS3503.R167 Z93 2002

Campbell

Berger, Albert I. Magic that Works: John W. Campbell And the American Response to Technology. PS3553 A47 Z59 1993
A brilliantly researched study of SF’s most influential editor.

Clarke

Hollow, John: Against the Night, the Stars: The Science Fiction of Arthur C. Clarke. PR6005 L36 Z69 1983
Olander, Joseph D.: Arthur C. Clarke. PR 6005 L36 Z56

Delany

Delany, Samuel R. Correspondence. PS3554.E437 Z48 2000
McEvoy, Seth: Samuel R. Delany. PS 3554 E437 Z78 1985
Peplow, Michael W. & Robert S. Bravard: Samuel R. Delany: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography, 1962-1972. Z8223.2 P46
Reid, Robin Anne: Arthur C. Clarke: A Critical Companion. PR6005 L36 Z57 1997
Russell, Miles, ed. Digging Holes in Popular Culture: Archaeology and Science Fiction. PN3433.6 D54 2002
Sallis, James, ed. Ash of Stars: On the Writing of Samuel R. Delany. PS3554.E437 Z55 1996
Weedman, Jane Branham: Samuel R. Delany. PS3554 E437 Z75

Dick

Carrère: I Am Alive and You Are Dead: A Journey Into the Mind of Philip K. Dick. PS3554.I3 Z63 2004
Greenberg, Martin Harry. ed.: Philip K. Dick. PS 3554 I3 1983
Mackey, Douglas A.: Philip K. Dick. PS 3554 I3 Z75 1988
Robinson, Kim Stanley: The Novels of Philip K. Dick. PS 3554 I3 286 1984
- Consists mostly of summaries of Dick’s novels, published and unpublished. Useful selected bibliography.
Sutin, Lawrence. Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick PS 3554 I3 Z89 1989
Umland, Samuel J., ed. Philip K. Dick: Contemporary Critical Interpretations. PS3554.I3 Z795 1995
- The best of the various volumes of collected essays on Dick.
Warrick, Patricia S.: Wind in Motion: The Fiction of Philip K. Dick PS 3554 I3 Z92 1987
Williams, Paul: Only Apparently Real. PS 3554 I3 Z93 1986

Dickson

Thompson, Raymond H.: Gordon R. Dickson: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography. Z82308 T47 1983

Ellison

Weil, Ellen and Gary K. Wolfe: Harlan Ellison: The Edge of Forever. PS3555.L62 Z95 2002

Gibson

Cavallaro, Dani: Cyberpunk and Cyberculture: Science Fiction and The Work of William Gibson. PS3557.I2264 Z64 2000
Olsen, Lance: William Gibson. PS3557.I2264Z76x 1992

Ellison

Weil, Ellen & Gary K. Wolfe: Harlan Ellison: The Edge of Forever. PS3555.L62 Z95 2002

Gilman

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: A Journey from Within: The Love Letters of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1897-1900. PS 1744 G57 Z48 1995
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: A Nonfiction Reader, ed. Larry Ceplair. HQ1413.G54 A3 1991
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: The Living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman: An Autobiography. PS1744 G57 Z5 1972
Gough, Val & Jill Rudd, ed.: A Very Different Story: Studies on the Fiction of Charlotte Perkins Gilman. PS1744.G57 Z89 1998
Hill, Mary A.: Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The Making of a Radical Feminist. HQ1413.G54 H54
Kessler, Carol Farley: Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Her Progress Toward Utopia, With Selected Writings. PS1744.G57 Z73 1995
Knight, Denise D.: Charlotte Perkins Gilman: A Study of the Short Fiction. PS1744.G57 Z734 1997
Meyering, Sheryl L. Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The Woman and Her Work. PS1744.G57 Z63 1989
Scharnhorst, Gary: Charlotte Perkins Gilman. PS1744.G57 Z85 1985
Scharnhorst, Gary: Charlotte Perkins Gilman: A Bibliography. Z8342.415 .S32 1985

Heinlein

Blish, James. Heinlein in Dimension: A Critical Analysis. PS3515.E288 Z8 Ê
Franklin, H. Bruce: Robert A. Heinlein: America as Science Fiction. PS3515.E288 Z67 Ê
Heinlein, Robert A.: Grumbles from the Grave. PS 3515 E288 G7 1990
Olander, Joseph D.: Robert A. Heinlein. PS 3515 E288 Z84
Stover, Leon E.: Robert A. Heinlein PS 3515 E288 Z98 1987

Herbert

Herbert, Brian. Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert. PS3558.E63 Z68 2003
Levack, Daniel J. H.: Dune Master: A Frank Herbert Bibliography. PS 3558 E63 Z65 1988

Hubbard

Widder, William J.: The Fiction of L. Ron Hubbard: A Comprehensive Bibliography & Reference Guide to Published and Selected Unpublished Works. Z8420.665.W53 1994

Lee

Haut, Mavis: The Hidden Library of Tanith Lee: Themes and Subtexts from Dionysos to the Immortal Gene. PR6062.E4163 Z69 2001

LeGuin

Bittner, James W.: Approaches to the Fiction of Ursula K. LeGuin. PS 3562 E42 Z56 1984
Bloom, Harold: Ursula K. LeGuin. PS 3562 S42 Z952 1986
Bucknall, Barbara J.: Ursula K. LeGuin. PS 3562 E42 Z58
Cogell, Elizabeth Cummins: Ursula K. LeGuin: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography. Z8495.88 .C63 1983
Davies, Laurence & Peter Stillman: The New Utopian Politics of Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed. PS3562.E42 D576 2005
De Bolt, Joe, ed.: Ursula K. Le Guin, Voyager to Inner Lands and to Outer Space. PS 3562 B42 Z96
Selinger, Bernard.: LeGuin and Identity in Contemporary Fiction. PS 3562 E42 Z88 1988
Slusser, George E.: Farthest Shores of Ursula K. LeGuin. PS 3562 E42 Z9
Spivack, Charlotte: Ursula K. LeGuin. PS 3562 E42 Z92 1984
White, Donna R.: Dancing With Dragons: Ursula K. LeGuin and the Critics. PS3562.E42 Z985 1999

Leiber

Byfield, Bruce: Witches of the Mind: A Critical Study of Fritz Leiber PS3523.E4583Z54x 1991
Staicar, Tom: Fritz Leiber. PS 3523 E4583 Z86

Lem

Ziegfeld, Richard E.: Stanislaw Lem. PG 7158 L392 Z53 1985
Swirski, Peter: Between Literature and Science: Poe, Lem, and Explorations in Aesthetics, Cognitive Science, and Literary Knowledge. PS2642.S3 S95x 2000

Lindsay

Wolfe, Gary K.: David Lindsay. PR 6023 I58115 Z96 1982b

Lovecraft

Derleth, August: Some Notes on Lovecraft. PS 3523 O833 D4 1971
Joshi, S. T.: H. P. Lovecraft. PS 3523 O 833 Z7 1982
Joshi, S. T., ed.: H. P. Lovecraft: Four Decades of Criticism. PS 3523 O833 Z66
Joshi, S. T., ed.: H. P. Lovecraft and Lovecraft Criticism: An Annotated Bibliography. Z8520.9 J67 1981
Lovecraft, H. P. Lord of a Visible World: An Autobiography in Letters. PS3523.O833 Z48 2000
Lovecraft, H. P. & Willis Conover: Lovecraft at Last. PS 3523 O833 Z526
Owings, Mark with Jack L. Chalker: The Revised H. P. Lovecraft Bibliography. Z8520.9 O93
Shreffler, Philip A.: The H. P. Lovecraft Companion. PS 3523 O833 Z86

Miller, Walter M. Jr.

Listening: : A Canticle for Lebowitz at 40. AP2 .L5515
Roberson, William H.: Walter M. Miller, Jr.: A Bio-Bibliography. Z8575.56 1992

Moorcock, Michael

Greenland, Colin: Michael Moorcock: Death is no Obstacle. PR6063.O59Z534x 1992

Priest, Christopher

Butler, Andrew M.: Christopher Priest: The Interaction. PR6066.R55 Z65 2005

Orwell

Stansky, Peter, ed.: On Nineteen Eighty-Four PR 6029R8 N644 1983 [See also many other studies of Orwell which contain discussions of Nineteen Eighty-Four.]

Russ

Cortiel, Jeanne. Demand My Writing: Joanna Russ/Feminism/Science Fiction. PS3568.U763 Z56x 1999

Shaw

Wolf, Milton T., ed.: Shaw and Science Fiction. PR5366 .A15 v. 17

Shelley

Making Monstrous: Frankenstein, Criticism, Theory. PR5397.F73B68 1991

Silverberg

Chapman, Edgar L. Road to Castle Mount, The: The Science Fiction of Robert Silverberg. PS3569.I472 Z57 1999
Elkins, Charles L. & Martin Harry Greenberg, eds. Robert Silverberg’s Many Trapdoors: Critical Essays on His Science Fiction. PS3569.I472

Smith

Sanders, Joe: E. E. Doc Smith. PS 3537 M349 Z87 1986

Stapledon

Fiedler, Leslie A.: Olaf Stapledon: A Man Divided. PR 6037 T18 Z66 1983
McCarthy, Patrick A.: Olaf Stapledon. PR 6037 T18 Z77 1982

Strugatsky

Potts, Stephen W. The Second Marxian Invasion: The Fiction of the Strugatsky Brothers. San Bernardino, Calif: Borgo Press, 1991.

Sturgeon

Menger, Lucy: Theodore Sturgeon. PS 3569 T875 Z78

Tiptree

Tiptree, James. Meet Me at Infinity. PS3570.I66 A6 2000

Verne

Costello, Peter: Jules Verne: Inventor of Science Fiction. PQ 2469 Z5 C66
Smyth, Edmund J., ed. Jules Verne: Narratives of Modernity PQ2469.Z5 J833 2000

Vinge

Frenkel, James, ed. True Names by Vernor Vinge and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier. PS3572.I534 T78 2001

Vonnegut

Boon, Kevin Alexander, ed.: At Millennium’s End: New Essays on the Work of Kurt Vonnegut. PS3572 .O5 Z535 2001
Merrill, Robert. Critical Essays on Kurt Vonnegut. PS3572.O5Z62 1990
Morse, Donald E. Kurt Vonnegut. PS3572.O5Z78x 1992
Morse, Donald E. The Novels of Kurt Vonnegut: Imagining Being an American. PS3572.O5 Z786 2003

Wells

Bergonzi, Bernard: The Early H. G. Wells: A Study of the Scientific Romances. 823 W462z6
Bergonzi, Bernard: H. G. Wells: A Collection of Critical Essays. PR 5777 H2 1976
Geduld, Harry M., ed. The Definitive Time Machine: A Critical Edition of H. G. Wells s Scientific Romance.
H. G. Wells Society: H.G. Wells: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Z8964.8 H2
Haining, Peter: The H. G. Wells Scrapbook. PR 5776 H16
Hammond, J. R.: H. G. Wells: Interviews and Recollections. PR 5776 H12x
Haynes, Roslynn D.: H. G. Wells: Discoverer of the Future. PR 5776 S35 H28
Hillegas, Mark Robert: The Future as Nightmare: H. G. Wells and the Antiutopians. PR 5777 H5
Huntington, John: The Logic of Fantasy. PR 5778 S35 H8 1982
Kargarlitskii, Iulii: The Life and Thought of H. G. Wells. PR 5776 K313 1966a
Ketterer, David, ed.: Flashes of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the War of the Worlds Centennial: Nineteenth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. PN56.F34 I58 1998
MacKenzie, Norman & Jeanne: H. G.Wells: A Biography. PR 5776 M3 1973b
MacKenzie, Norman & Jeanne: The Time Traveller: The Life of H. G. Wells. PR 5776 M3
Marvin, Thomas E.: Kurt Vonnegut: A Critical Companion. PS3572.O5 Z766 2002
McConnell, Frank: The Science Fiction of H. G. Wells. PR 577 M3 1981
Raknem, Ingvald: H. G. Wells and His Critics. PR 5777 R3
Scheick, William J. and J. Randolph Cox: H. G. Wells: A Reference Guide. Z 8964.8 S34 1988
Smith, David C.: H. G. Wells: Desperately Mortal: A Biography. PR 3774 S54 1986
Stover, Leon E.: The Prophetic Soul: A Reading of H.G. Wells’s Things to Come, Together with His Film Treatment, Whither Mankind? and the Postproduction Script (Never Before Published). PN1997 T42863 S78 1987
Wagar, W. Warren: H. G. Wells: Traversing Time. PR5777 .W37 2004
Williamson, Jack: H. G. Wells: Critic of Progress. PR 5777 W5

Williamson

Williamson, Jack: Wonder’s Child: My Life in Science Fiction. PS 3545 I557 Z477

Zelazny

Krulik, Theodore: Roger Zelazny PS 3576 E43 Z75 1985

Periodicals

Note: this is a list only of periodicals containing criticism and reviews. It is not a list of all the science fiction magazines in the library.

Analog. PZ1 A1 A48
Astounding. Microfilm PZ1 A1 A48 (first issue reprinted in PZ1 A77x)
Extrapolation: A Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy. AP M2344 The full text of issues from 1997 to the present is available online through ProQuest Direct to subscribers. Password required.
Fantasy Newsletter. AP 2 F35x
Foundation. (subscription cancelled 1995) PS 374 S35 F68
Galileo. PS 648 S3 G34
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. AP2 M2344 (older issues on microfilm)
New Venture. PN 3448 S45 N4
Omni. AP2 O45x
Science Fiction Horizons. PN 3448 S45 S2
Science Fiction Studies. PN 3448 S45 S34

Originally mounted April 20, 1996.

Last revised April 25, 2008.

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