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Trillion Year Spree: The History Of Science Fiction

Author: Brian W, Editor. Aldiss

I said there was another history of science fiction on this list, and here it is. In Billion Year Spree, Aldiss had written the first book-length history of the genre, and in this work he expands that. It's rather out of date now; there aren't that many who still agree with Aldiss that Frankenstein was the first work of science fiction, and his rather dismissive term of "cosy catastrophe" for the science fiction of writers like John Wyndham has also fallen out of use. Nevertheless, if you are looking for an engaging survey of the history of sf you really can't go far wrong with this book. Billion Year Spree was effectively the first history of science fiction, and this updated and expanded version is still one of the best.

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Trillion Year Spree: The History Of Science Fiction

Author: Brian W, Editor. Aldiss