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Well-known critic Brian Stableford, a former professor at the University of Reading, contributes "a fascinating and valuable attempt to grapple with the questions of why SF authors write what they write, and why SF readers like what they like"-Interzone.
CONTENTS:
Introduction;
Approaches to the Sociology of Literature;
The Analysis of Communicative Functions;
The Evolution of Science Fiction as a Publishing Category;
The Expectations of the Science Fiction Reader;
Themes and Trends in Science Fiction; and
Conclusion: The Communicative Functions of Science Fiction
Complete with Notes and References, Bibliography, and Index.
Published by The Borgo Press,
September 2007
ISBN: 0-89370-165-3
