
Science Fiction
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Gary Westfahl is professor emeritus at the University of La Verne.
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by N. Katherine Hayles
Notes on the Text
by Gary Westfahl
Introduction: Science Fiction:
Toward a World Literature
Chapter One
The Paradigms of Science Fiction
Chapter Two
Fraternal Frontiers: Defining a Space for Literature
Chapter Three
Future Liberty: Nineteenth Century Horizons
Chapter Four
Extending the Mind Circle: DeQuincey's English Mail Coach
Chapter Five
Genre at the Crossroads: Cultural Readings of Maupassant's "Le Horla"
Chapter Six
Bernal's Masterplot and the Transhuman Promise
Chapter Seven
Each Man Is an Island: The Legacy of Emerson's Golden Age
Conclusion
The Fortunes of Science Fiction
Afterword: Knowing George
by Gregory Benford
A Brief Bibliography of the Works of George Slusser
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