The J. Lloyd Eaton Conferences on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literaturelong held at the University of California, Riversidehave been a leading influence in the study of science fiction and fantasy for 30 years. The conferences have attracted leading scholars and acclaimed authors whose papers are published in Eaton volumes found in university libraries throughout the world. This collection brings together 22 of the best papersmost with new afterwords by the authorspresented in chronological order to show how science fiction and fantasy criticism have evolved since 1979.
Introduction |
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Science Fiction as Truncated Epic |
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Dialogues Concerning Human Understanding: Empirical Views of God from Locke to Lem |
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28 | (8) |
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The Virginity of Astronauts: Sex and the Science Fiction Film |
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36 | (17) |
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Running Out of Speculative Niches: A Crisis for Hard Science Fiction? |
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53 | (5) |
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58 | (12) |
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Discriminating Among Friends: The Social Dynamics of the Friendly Alien |
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Nature: Laws and Surprises |
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In the Palace of Green Porcelain: Artifacts from the Museums of Science Fiction |
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Just How Frumious Is a Bandersnatch?: The Exotic and the Ambiguous in Imaginative Literature |
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Making the Pulpmonster Safe for Demography: Omni Magazine and the Gentrification of Science Fiction |
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For Tomorrow We Dine: The Sad Gourmet in the Scienticafe |
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119 | (7) |
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Cannibalism in Science Fiction |
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126 | (12) |
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Longevity as Class Struggle |
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138 | (13) |
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How Cyberspace Signifies: Taking Immortality Literally |
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You Bet Your Life: Death and the Storyteller |
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161 | (8) |
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Revamping the Rut Regarding Reading and Writing About Feminist Science Fiction: Or, I Want to Engage in "Procrustean Bedmaking" |
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Literary Gatekeepers and the Fabril Tradition |
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Flying to the Moon in the French Bande Dessinee |
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Shapes from the Edge of Time: The Science Fiction Artwork of Richard M. Powers |
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The Science Fiction of Medicine |
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215 | (13) |
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Science Fiction and the Two Cultures: Reflections After the Snow-Leavis Controversy |
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228 | (11) |
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The Eaton Roll of Honor |
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Bibliography |
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About the Contributors |
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Index |
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Gregory Benford is a professor of physics at the University of California, Irvine. He is a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, was Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University, and in 1995 received the Lord Prize for contributions to science. He has published 32 novels, four volumes of nonfiction, and over 200 short stories and several hundred scientific papers in several fields. Gary Westfahl, a professor emeritus at the University of La Verne, California, has authored, edited, or co-edited 31 books about science fiction and fantasy, and hundreds of articles and reviews. In 2003, he received the Science Fiction Research Associations Pilgrim Award for his lifetime contributions to science fiction and fantasy scholarship. Retired professor Howard V. Hendrix, taught at the college level for 40 years. He has published six novels and four collections of stories; has authored, coauthored, or coedited seven works of nonfiction; and has written numerous articles, reviews, and editorials. He lives in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Joseph D. Miller, active for many years as a presenter at Eaton Conferences and contributor to Eaton volumes, is currently a professor and chair of Pharmacology at the American University of the Caribbean in Cupecoy, St. Maarten.