• Publication: Science-Fiction Studies: Selected Articles on Science Fiction 1973-1975Publication Record # 29179
• Authors: R. D. Mullen, Darko Suvin
• Date: 1976-06-00
• ISBN: 0-8398-2338-X [978-0-8398-2338-4]
• Publisher: Gregg Press
• Pub. Series: The Gregg Press Science Fiction Series
• Price:
  $15.00^?$: US dollar
• Pages: xix+304
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: NONFICTION
• Webpages: archive.org
• Notes: No dust jacket, as issued. Green buckram with titles in gold on red background. No printed price. Price from Gregg Press catalog. "Frontispiece illustration by Richard Powers" on copyright page.
• External IDs:
  • LCCN: 76-10658
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 2151090
  • Reginald-3: 30396

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• ii •  Science-Fiction Studies (frontispiece) • interior artwork by Richard Powers
• viii • Preface and Notes on Contributors (Science-Fiction Studies) • (1976) • essay by R. D. Mullen
• xiii • The Significant Context of SF: A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation • (1976) • essay by Darko Suvin
• 1 • On the Structural Analysis of Science Fiction • (1973) • essay by
  Stanisław Lem^?Stanislaw Lem
  (trans. of Od strukturalizmu do tradycjonalizmu) [as by Stanislaw Lem]
• 8 • Towards an Aesthetic of Science Fiction • (1975) • essay by Joanna Russ
• 16 • The Time-Travel Story and Related Matters of SF Structuring • essay by
  Stanisław Lem^?Stanislaw Lem
  (variant of The Time Travel Story and Related Matters of SF Structuring 1974) [as by Stanislaw Lem]
• 28 • Generic Discontinuities in SF: Aldiss' Starship • (1976) • essay by Fredric Jameson
• 40 • Sunken Atlantis and the Utopia Question • (1976) • essay by Camille R. La Bossière and R. D. Mullen [as by C. R. La Bossiere and R. D. Mullen]
• 48 • On an Essay by James Blish • (1976) • essay by Franz Rottensteiner
• 50 • A Reply to Mr Rottensteiner • (1976) • essay by James Blish
• 52 • Surveying the Battlefield • (1976) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 54 • A Response from a Marxist • (1976) • essay by H. Bruce Franklin
• 56 • Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis • (1976) • essay by Chan Davis [as by Chandler Davis]
• 58 • Playing Around with Creation: Philip Jose Farmer • (1976) • essay by Franz Rottensteiner
• 62 • SF Writers, the Great Consensus, and Non-Alignment • (1976) • essay by Darko Suvin
• 64 • A Reaction to SFS #2 • (1976) • essay by Damon Knight
• 65 • Novels by Brunner and Levin • (1976) • essay by Robert Scholes
• 66 • A Dialogue Betweeen Ideaphilos and Philologos (Intended to Prove Little and Clarify Much) • (1976) • essay by Robert M. Philmus
• 69 • What Do You Mean - Marxism ? • (1976) • essay by Mack Reynolds
• 70 • In Rebuttal • (1976) • essay by Franz Rottensteiner
• 71 • In Retrospect • essay by Fredric Jameson
• 75 • A Response to Damon Knight • (1976) • essay by Franz Rottensteiner
• 76 • Radical Rhapsody and Romantic Recoil in the Age of Anticipation: A Chapter in the History of SF • (1976) • essay by Darko Suvin
• 91 • Dreams and Doctrines in Frankenstein • (1976) • essay by Aija Ozolins
• 100 • The SF of H. H. Rosny the Elder • (1976) • essay by J.-P. Vernier
• 108 • Childhood's End: A Median Stage of Adolescence • (1976) • essay by David N. Samuelson
• 121 • Utopian and Fantastic Dualities in Robert Graves's Watch the North Wind Rise • (1976) • essay by Robert H. Canary
• 128 • Nabokov's Ada as Science Fiction • (1976) • essay by Roy Arthur Swanson
• 141 • Seeking Only Man: Language and Ethics in Solaris • (1976) • essay by Edward Balcerzan
• 146 • Wholeness and Balance: An Addendum • (1976) • essay by Douglas Barbour
• 155 • On Norman Spinrad's The Iron Dream • (1976) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 159 • Introductory Note to The Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick • (1976) • essay by Darko Suvin
• 160 • The Manuscripts and Books of Philip K. Dick • (1976) • essay by Willis E. McNelly and R. D. Mullen
• 164 • P. K. Dick's Opus: Artifice as Refuge and World View (Introductory Reflections) • (1976) • essay by Darko Suvin
• 178 • Foreword to The Preserving Machine • (1976) • essay by Philip K. Dick
• 180 • Dick and Meta-SF • (1976) • essay by Carlo Pagetti (trans. of Dick verso la metafantascienza (Noi marziani) 1973)
• 187 • After Armageddon: Character Systems in Dr. Bloodmoney • (1976) • essay by Fredric Jameson
• 198 • Dick's Maledictory Web: About and Around Martian Timeslip • (1976) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• 203 • Ubik: The Deconstruction of Bourgeois SF • (1975) • essay by Peter Fitting
• 210 • Philip K. Dick: A Visionary Among the Charlatans • (1975) • essay by
  Stanisław Lem^?Stanislaw Lem
  (trans. of
  Posłowie do "Ubika" Ph. Dicka^?Poslowie do "Ubika" Ph. Dicka
  ) [as by Stanislaw Lem]
• 223 • Le Guin's Lathe of Heaven and the Role of Dick: The False Reality as Mediator • (1976) • essay by Ian Watson
• 232 • A Response to Dr. Lem • (1976) • essay by Damon Knight
• 233 • Introductory Note to The Science Fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin • (1976) • essay by Darko Suvin
• 234 • Ursula K. Le Guin: A Select Bibliography • (1976) • essay by Jeff Levin
• 238 • American SF and The Other • (1975) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 240 • An Approach to the Structure of Le Guin's SF • (1976) • essay by
  Рафаил Нудельман^?Rafail Nudelman
  [as by Rafail Nudelman]
• 251 • World Reduction in Le Guin: The Emergence of Utopian Narrative • (1976) • essay by Fredric Jameson
• 261 • The Forest as Metaphor for Mind: "The Word for World Is Forest" and "Vaster Than Empires and More Slow" • (1976) • essay by Ian Watson
• 267 • Public and Private Imperatives in Le Guin's Novels • (1976) • essay by John Huntington
• 273 • The Politics of Le Guin's Opus • (1976) • essay by David L. Porter
• 278 • Wholeness and Balance in the Hainish Novels of Ursula K. Le Guin • (1976) • essay by Douglas Barbour
• 279 • Ambiguity in Utopia: The Dispossessed • (1976) • essay by Judah Bierman
• 286 • The Art of Social-Science Fiction: The Ambiguous Utopian Dialectics of Ursula K. Le Guin • (1976) • essay by Donald F. Teall
• 295 • Parables of De-Alienation: Le Guin's Widdershins Dance • (1976) • essay by Darko Suvin