Anatomy of Wonder : A Critical Guide to Science Fiction 0835213390

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ANATOMY DF SECOND EDITION

An Historical Survey and Critical Guide to the Best of Science Fiction Edited by Neil Barron

Anatomy of Wonder

Anatomy of Wonder A Critical Guide to Science Fiction Second Edition

Edited by

Neil Barron Contributors Thomas D. Clareson, Joe De Bolt, H. W. Hall, Maxim Jakubowski, David Lewis, Patrick L. McGuire, Francis J. Molson, Gianni Montanari, John R. Pfeiffer, Franz Rottensteiner, Brian Stableford, Marshall B. Tymn, Ye Yiong-lie

R. R» Bowker Company

New York & London, 1981

To Carolyn

Published by R. R. Bowker Company 1180 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10036 Copyright © 1981 by Neil Barron All rights reserved Printed and bound in the United States of America

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title:

Anatomy of wonder.

Bibliography: p. Includes indexes. Contents: Introduction / by Neil Barron — The emergence of science fiction / by Thomas D. Clareson —Science fiction between the wars, 1918-1938 / by Brian Stableford — [etc.] 1. Science fiction—Bibliography. 2. Science fiction—History and criticism. I. Barron, Neil, 1934Z5917.S36A52 1981 [PN3433.8] 016.80883'876 ISBN 0-8352-1339-0 ISBN 0-8352-1404-4 pbk

81-4391 AACR2

Contents Preface................................................................................................................. vii Contributors ..........................................................................................................xi Introduction ........................................................................................................ xiii

Part I The Literature 1. The Emergence of Science Fiction: The Beginnings to the 1920s by Thomas D. Clareson................................................................................ 3 Bibliography.............................................................................................. 32 2. Science Fiction Between the Wars: 1918-1938 by Brian Stableford.................................................................................... 88 Bibliography............................................................................................. 103

3. The Modern Period: 1938-1980 by Joe De Bolt and John R. Pfeiffer......................................................... 125 Bibliography............................................................................................. 136 Anthologies.............................................................................................. 306 4. Children’s Science Fiction by Francis J. Molson .............................................................................. 335 Bibliography.............................................................................................342 5. Foreign Language Science Fiction .........................................................379 German SF, by Franz Rottensteiner....................................................... 381 French SF, by Maxim Jakubowski...........................................................399 Russian SF, by Patrick L. McGuire......................................................... 426 Italian SF, by Gianni Montanari............................................................ 455 Japanese SF, by David Lewis.................................................................. 467 Chinese SF, by Ye Yiong-lie................................................................... 497 v

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Part II Research Aids 6. Selection, Acquisition, and Cataloging of Science Fiction by Neil Barron ...................................................................................... 509

7. Indexes and Bibliographies by Neil Barron ...................................................................................... 523 8. History and Criticism by Neil Barron ...................................................................................... 531 9. Autobiography, Biography, and Author Studies by Neil Barron........................................................................................ 549

10. Science Fiction on Film and Television by Neil Barron........................................................................................ 567 11. Science Fiction Illustration by Neil Barron........................................................................................ 571 12. Classroom Aids by Marshall B. Tymn............................................................................. 575

13. Science Fiction Magazines by H. IF. Hall........................................................................................ 590

14. Library and Private Collections of Science Fiction and Fantasy by H. W. Hall......................................................................................... 602 15. Core Collection Checklist by Neil Barron ...................................................................................... 624

s Author Index....................... -............................................................................. 647

Title Index........................................................................................................ 691

Preface The first edition of Anatomy of Wonder was the first comprehensive critical guide to science fiction and was well received by fans, scholars, and libraries. This second edition, like the first, is intended to serve a variety of overlapping audiences: 1. Public, school, college, and university libraries desiring to develop wellrounded collections of science fiction, whether for support of instructional programs or for recreational reading. 2. Interested readers, including librarians and SF fans, who wish to become more familiar with the best or representative works in the field. 3. High school, college, and university faculty who use SF books in their courses, whether general in nature, devoted to SF only, or to the emerging specialty of future studies, and who wish to select titles for possible course use or background reading. 4. Students enrolled in such courses wishing to broaden their backgrounds or select titles for more intensive study, or merely for recreational reading. The widening acceptance of SF as a genre of popular literature suitable for classroom study, combined with its rapid growth throughout the world in recent years, has made this extensively revised and enlarged edition necessary. In addition to more thorough coverage, the scope has been broadened to include succinct surveys of books not yet translated into English from selected major languages. There is still a tendency to regard SF as a primarily Anglo-American phenomenon, an insular view that undermines intelligent critical estimates. Although many distinguished works have been translated into English, Chapter 5, “Foreign Language Science Fiction,” clearly indicates that much of value remains inaccessible to the monolingual English reader. Because SF has until recent years been somewhat suspect by libraries, notably academic libraries, selection has been and remains erratic and weak. Scholars often require access to primary source material, and the list of library collections has not only been expanded but now includes selected privately owned collections whose owners have agreed to assist serious students of the provides more detailed guidance for libraries or fans desiring help in selection/ acquisition, and cataloging of science fiction. And because SF is so common in the American classroom toda