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Fifty key figures in science fiction / edited by Mark Bould [and others]

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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. Impor...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Bould, Mark
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2009.
Subjects:
Science fiction > Bio-bibliography.
Fantasy fiction > Bio-bibliography.
Fantasy fiction.
Science fiction.
Bio-bibliography.
Table of Contents:
  • Gerry Anderson (1929- ) / Nicholas J. Cull
  • Isaac Asimov (1920-92) / Carl Freedman
  • J.G. Ballard (1930-2009) / Roger Luckhurst
  • Iain M. Banks (1954- ) / Andrew M. Butler
  • Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) / Andrew M. Butler
  • Greg Bear (1951- ) / Roger Luckhurst
  • Alfred Bester (1913-87) / Sherryl Vint
  • Leigh Brackett (1915-78) / Dianne Newell and Victoria Lamont
  • Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006) / Michael Levy
  • Karel Čapek (1890-1938) / John Rieder
  • Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) / Andy Sawyer
  • David Cronenberg (1943- ) / Stacey Abbott
  • Samuel R. Delany (1942- ) / Carl Freedman
  • Philip K. Dick (1928-82) / Andrew M. Butler
  • The Doctor (1963- ) / Peter Wright
  • Greg Egan (1961- ) / Graham J. Murphy
  • Hugo Gernsback (1884-1967) / Gary Westfahl
  • William Gibson (1948- ) / Neil Easterbrook
  • Donna J. Haraway (1944- ) / Sherryl Vint
  • Robert A. Heinlein (1907-88) / Neil Easterbrook
  • Frank Herbert (1920-86) / Adam Roberts
  • Nalo Hopkinson (1960- ) / Michelle Reid
  • L. Ron Hubbard (1911-86) / Adam Roberts
  • Gwyneth Jones (1952- ) / Sherryl Vint
  • Nigel Kneale (1922-2006) / Mark Broughton
  • Stanley Kubrick (1928-99) / Mark Bould
  • Fritz Lang (1890-1976) / Mark Bould
  • Ursula K. Le Guin (1929- ) / Wendy Gay Pearson
  • Stan Lee (1922- ) / Abraham Kawa
  • Stanisław Lem (1921-2006) / Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr.
  • George Lucas (1944- ) / Stacey Abbott
  • China Miéville (1972- ) / William J. Burling
  • Michael Moorcock (1939- ) / Rob Latham
  • Alan Moore (1953- ) / Jim Casey
  • C.L. Moore (1911-87) / Brian Attebery
  • Oshii Mamoru (1951- ) / Susan Napier
  • Kim Stanley Robinson (1952- ) / John Rieder
  • Gene Roddenberry (1921-91) / Robin Roberts
  • Joanna Russ (1937- ) / Douglas Barbour
  • Mary Shelley (1797-1851) / Adam Roberts
  • Steven Spielberg (1947- ) / Mark Bould
  • Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950) / Andy Sawyer
  • Neal Stephenson (1959- ) / Neil Easterbrook
  • J. Michael Straczynski (1954- ) / Jennifer Woodward
  • Darko Suvin (1930- ) / Phillip E. Wegner
  • Sheri S. Tepper (1929- ) / Gwyneth Jones
  • James Tiptree Jr. (1951-87) / Lisa Yaszek
  • Jules Verne (1828-1905) / Arthur E. Evans
  • H.G. Wells (1866-1946) / Patrick Parrinder
  • Gene Wolfe (1931- ) / Joan Gordon.

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