Hard science fiction /
Hard science fiction /
edited by George E. Slusser and Eric S. Rabkin.
- Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, �1986.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 284 pages).
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Proceedings of the fifth Eaton Conference on Fantasy and Science Fiction, held April 9-10, 1983, at the University of California, Riverside.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-272).
When science writes the fiction / Running out of speculative niches : a crisis for hard science fiction? / Sturgeon's law : first corollary / Unconscious city / Hard-core science fiction and the illusion of science / What makes hard science fiction "hard?" / Readers of hard science fiction / Is there a technological fix for the human condition? / Thomas Burnet's sacred theory of the Earth and the aesthetics of extrapolation / Language of the future in Victorian science fiction / Science and scientism in C.S. Lewis's That hideous strength / "You can write science fiction if you want to" / Artificial intelligence : wild imaginary worlds, wilder realities / Noise, information, and statistics in Stanislaw Lem's The investigation / Cybernetic paradigms of Stanislaw Lem / Ideal worlds of science fiction / Robert L. Forward -- David Brin -- Frank McConnell -- Eric S. Rabkin -- John Huntington -- David Clayton -- James Gunn -- Gregory Benford -- Paul Alkon -- Herbert Sussman -- Michael Collings -- Paul A. Carter -- Patricia S. Warrick -- George R. Guffey -- Robert M. Philmus -- George E. Slusser.
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English.
0585186553 9780585186559
Science fiction--Congresses.
TRAVEL--Special Interest--Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM--General.
Science fiction.
Languages & Literatures.
Literature - General.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
PN3433.2 / .H37 1986eb
809.3/876
Proceedings of the fifth Eaton Conference on Fantasy and Science Fiction, held April 9-10, 1983, at the University of California, Riverside.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-272).
When science writes the fiction / Running out of speculative niches : a crisis for hard science fiction? / Sturgeon's law : first corollary / Unconscious city / Hard-core science fiction and the illusion of science / What makes hard science fiction "hard?" / Readers of hard science fiction / Is there a technological fix for the human condition? / Thomas Burnet's sacred theory of the Earth and the aesthetics of extrapolation / Language of the future in Victorian science fiction / Science and scientism in C.S. Lewis's That hideous strength / "You can write science fiction if you want to" / Artificial intelligence : wild imaginary worlds, wilder realities / Noise, information, and statistics in Stanislaw Lem's The investigation / Cybernetic paradigms of Stanislaw Lem / Ideal worlds of science fiction / Robert L. Forward -- David Brin -- Frank McConnell -- Eric S. Rabkin -- John Huntington -- David Clayton -- James Gunn -- Gregory Benford -- Paul Alkon -- Herbert Sussman -- Michael Collings -- Paul A. Carter -- Patricia S. Warrick -- George R. Guffey -- Robert M. Philmus -- George E. Slusser.
Use copy
Electronic reproduction.
[S.l.] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
0585186553 9780585186559
Science fiction--Congresses.
TRAVEL--Special Interest--Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM--General.
Science fiction.
Languages & Literatures.
Literature - General.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
PN3433.2 / .H37 1986eb
809.3/876