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History of SciFi/Fantasy
I'm looking for a book on the history of scifi and fantasy fiction. I'd be interested to read about the beginnings and development of modern scifi/fantasy, as I like reading this and would be interested to read how they've grown, developed and changed etc.
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Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction is very comprehensive.
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The Trillion Year Spree by Brian Aldiss. Sense of Wonder has a huge number of the stories themselves. As does Jeff Vandermeer's Big Book of Science Fiction.
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There was a bit written on the Hugos at:
https://www.tor.com/features/series/...ing-the-hugos/ which became a book: https://www.amazon.com/Informal-Hist.../dp/B01MU032N8 |
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12-07-2020, 05:29 PM | #6 |
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Yes, that aspect is discussed somewhat, and more interestingly, the other nominees (or potential nominees before there was a shortlist) are also discussed which makes for some interesting analysis and insight.
Is there some other resource you would wish to put forward which would cover this material better? |
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