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History of Science Secondary Sources by Topic

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Historical dictionary of science fiction cinema by M. Keith Booker
Publication Date: 2010
SFE, the encyclopedia of science fiction (Online access) by John Clute; David Langford; Peter Nicholls; John Grant
Publication Date: 2011

Bibliographies

Future war novels : an annotated bibliography of works in English published since 1946 by John Newman
Publication Date: 1984
Nuclear holocausts : atomic war in fiction, 1895-1984 by Paul Brians
Publication Date: 1987
Science fiction in America, 1870s-1930s : an annotated bibliography of primary sources by Thomas D. Clareson
Publication Date: 1984

Guides

The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction by Gerry Canavan (Editor); Eric Carl Link (Editor)
Publication Date: 2015
The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction by Edward James (Editor); Farah Mendlesohn (Editor)
Publication Date: 2003
The Cambridge Companion to Utopian Literature by Gregory Claeys (Editor)
Publication Date: 2010
Since the publication of Thomas More's genre-
A companion to science fiction (Online access) by David Seed
Publication Date: 2005
Critical terms for science fiction and fantasy : a glossary and guide to scholarship by Gary K. Wolfe
Publication Date: 1986
Dystopian Literature by M. Keith Booker
Publication Date: 1994

Science in SF

Darwin to double helix: the biological theme in science fiction by Leonard Isaacs
Publication Date: 1977
Dinosaurs in Fantastic Fiction by Allen A. Debus
Publication Date: 2013
Dying planet: Mars in science and the imagination by Robert Markley
Publication Date: 2005
Neuroscience in science fiction films
Novel science: fiction and the invention of nineteenth-century geology by Adelene Buckland
Publication Date: 2013

More Topics

Clockwork worlds : mechanized environments in SF by Richard D Erlich; Thomas P Dunn
Publication Date: 1983
The generation starship in science fiction : a critical history, 1934-2001 by Simone Caroti
Publication Date: 2011

Histories

The History of Science Fiction by Adam Roberts
Publication Date: 2006
Into the unknown; the evolution of science fiction from Francis Godwin to H. G. Wells by Robert M. Philmus
Publication Date: 1970
Routledge Concise History of Science by Mark Bould; Sherryl Vint
Publication Date: 2011
Scientific romance in Britain, 1890-1950 by Brian M. Stableford
Publication Date: 1985
Strange constellations : a history of Australian science fiction by Russell Blackford; Van Ikin; Sean McMullen
Publication Date: 1999

Authors

Science Fiction Authors by Maura Heaphy
Publication Date: 2008

Historical & Political Themes

Science Fiction and Empire by Patricia Kerslake
Publication Date: 2007
Space and beyond : the frontier theme in science fiction by Gary Westfahl
Publication Date: 2000
Space and time : essays on visions of history in science fiction and fantasy television by David C. Wright; Allan W. Austin (Editor)
Publication Date: 2010
Star Trek and History by Nancy Reagin
Publication Date: 2013

Other Worlds

Dying planet: Mars in science and the imagination by Robert Markley
Publication Date: 2005
The last frontier : imagining other worlds, from the Copernican revolution to modern science fiction by Karl Siegfried Guthke
Publication Date: 1990

Aliens, Humans & Others

Alien Imaginations by Graeme A. Stout (Editor); Ulrike Küchler (Editor); Silja Maehl (Editor)
Publication Date: 2015
Androids, humanoids, and other science fiction monsters : science and soul in science fiction films by Per Schelde
Publication Date: 1993
Close encounters : film, feminism, and science fiction by Constance Penley
Publication Date: 1991
Race in American science fiction by Isiah Lavender
Publication Date: 2011
Women Scientists in Fifties Science Fiction Films by Bonnie Noonan
Publication Date: 2005

Magazines

The Time Machines by Mike Ashley
Publication Date: 2001
Transformations by Mike Ashley
Publication Date: 2005

Philosophy

The Intersection of science fiction and philosophy : critical studies by Robert E Myers
Publication Date: 1983

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