The Science of Fiction and the Fiction of Science: Collected Essays on SF Storytelling and the Gnostic Imagination (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy): 12 - Softcover

McConnell, Frank

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786437227 ISBN 13: 9780786437221

Publisher: McFarland & Co, 2009

Synopsis

A member of the Pulitzer Prize jury, the late Frank McConnell helped science fiction gain standing as serious literature. His 16 essays herein were first presented as papers at the prestigious Eaton Conferences. Initially believing that science fiction is primarily one of many forms of storytelling, McConnell gradually recognized science fiction as a modern expression of Gnosticism, rejecting bodily concerns for an emphasis on spirituality.

About this title

Review:

"excellent"--Science Fiction Studies.

About the Author:

Frank McConnell (1942-1999) was a professor of English at Northwestern University and the University of California - Santa Barbara. He wrote a regular column on the media for Commonweal magazine, and his voluminous body of work included four detective novels and a number of academic books. Gary Westfahl teaches at the University of California, Riverside. A prolific writer and Hugo Award - nominated editor, he earned the Science Fiction Research Association's Pilgrim Award for his lifetime contributions to science fiction and fantasy scholarship. He is the author of Hugo Gernsback and the Century of Science Fiction (2007). He lives in Claremont, California. Donald E. Palumbo is a professor of English at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. He lives in Greenville. C.W. Sullivan III is also in the English department at East Carolina University.

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland & Co
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0786437227
• ISBN 13: 9780786437221
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 236
• Editor: Westfahl Gary