Secret History of Science Fiction (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Secret History of Science Fiction Raises the question, If Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow" had won the Nebula award in 1973, would the future distinction between literary fiction and science fiction have been erased? Exploring the possibility of an alternate history of speculative fiction, this work reveals that the lines between genres have already been obscured.
Full description- Publisher: Tachyon Publications
- Published: 24 November 2009
- Format: Paperback 380 pages
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- Categories: Science Fiction | Short Stories
- ISBN 13: 9781892391933 ISBN 10: 1892391937
- Sales rank: 184,015
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Full description for Secret History of Science Fiction
This ingeniously conceived anthology raises the intriguing question, If Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow had won the Nebula award in 1973, would the future distinction between literary fiction and science fiction have been erased? Exploring the possibility of an alternate history of speculative fiction, this literary collection reveals that the lines between genres have already been obscured. Don DeLillo's "Human Moments in World War III" follows the strange detachment of two astronauts who are orbiting in a skylab while a third world war rages on earth. "The Ziggurat" by Gene Wolfe traverses a dissolving marriage, a custody dispute, and the visit of time travellers from the future. T. C. Boyle's "Descent of Man" is the subversively funny tale of a man who suspects that his primatologist lover is having an affair with one of her charges. In "Schwarzschild Radius", Connie Willis draws an allegorical parallel between the horrors of trench warfare and the speculative physics of black holes. Artfully crafted and offering a wealth of esteemed authors -- from writers within the genre to those normally associated with mainstream fiction, as well as those with a crossover reputation -- this volume aptly demonstrates that great science fiction appears in many guises.
