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Dr. Brian Stableford here presents seven lucid and entertaining essays on masters of science fiction and fantasy literature.
'The Future Between the Wars: The Speculative Fiction of John Gloag' discusses the fiction of an important but little-known British writer active for almost fifty years.
'Algebraic Fantasies: The Science Fiction of Bob Shaw' examines the major SF novels and stories of this well-known Northern Ireland author.
'Realistic Romances: The Fantastic Fiction of Edgar Fawcett' examines the significance of an American writer who was active at the end of the nineteenth century.
In 'The Politics of Evolution: Philosophical Themes in the Speculative Fiction of M. P. Shiel,' Stableford provides a critique on a writer best-known for such works as Lord of the Sea.
'Galactic Hitch-Hiker: The Sudden Rise of Douglas Adams' looks at the source of popularity of a modern British comic SF author.
'The Chronicles of Stephen R. Donaldson the Fantasist' discusses the first and second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever.
'Animal Spirits: The Erotic and the Supernatural in Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' Video' examines the meaning behind Jackson's popular musical fantasy.
With notes, bibliography, and detailed index.
Cover design by Highpoint Type & Graphis
Published by The Borgo Press
in 1995
ISBN:0-89370-183-1 Cloth
ISBN:0-89370-283-8 Paperback
