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The articles were written by a number of well known writers, critics, and editors, covering a number of topics, including the history of the genre, alien encounters, technology, and sci-fi art and cinema. The consultant editor was fantasy and science fiction author
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encyclopedias - that it is they both contain striking pictorial spreads." The book has also been cited in other academic publications such as
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is a 1978 book of essays about the science fiction genre, largely as a literary form but also covering cinema, TV and illustration.
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Ruddick, Nicholas (1986). "Out Of The Gernsbackian Slime: Christopher Priest's Abandonment of Science Fiction".
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who also contributed a chapter on modern perceptions of science fiction. The foreword was written by
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Ruddick, Nicholas (1996). "Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia by John Clute. ".
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Tymn, Marshall (1985). "Science Fiction: A Brief History and Review of Criticism".
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Morshed, A (2004). "The Aesthetics of Ascension in Norman Bel Geddes's Futurama".
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The cover of the first edition of "Encyclopedia of Science Fiction"
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The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Index

Cover of Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
Robert Holdstock
Tony Roberts
Science fiction
ISBN
0706407563
Robert Holdstock
Isaac Asimov
Brian Stableford
Harry Harrison
Christopher Priest
Malcolm Edwards
Patrick Moore
Melvyn Grant
Kelly Freas
Joe Petagno
Chris Foss
Tony Roberts
Utopian Studies
The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
Modern Fiction Studies
American Studies International
icon
Science fiction portal
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
John Clute
John Grant
The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
Brian Ash

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