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100 1 $aHarris-Fain, Darren.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97027038
245 10 $aUnderstanding contemporary American science fiction :$bthe age of maturity, 1970-2000 /$cDarren Harris-Fain.
260 $aColumbia :$bUniversity of South Carolina Press,$c[2005], ©2005.
300 $a220 pages ;$c19 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aUnderstanding contemporary American literature
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [199]-205) and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tIntroduction : where others have gone before -- $gCh. 2.$tAfter the new wave, 1970-1976 -- $gCh. 3.$tFrom science fantasy to hard science fiction, 1977-1983 -- $gCh. 4.$tCyberpunk and other trends, 1984-1992 -- $gCh. 5.$tAnything goes, 1993-2000 -- $gCh. 6.$tConclusion : the age of maturity.
520 1 $a"Understanding Contemporary American Science Fiction: The Age of Maturity, 1970-2000 explores the major trends and developments during three decades that witnessed science fiction's most dramatic progression from subliterary escapist entertainment to a more sophisticated literature of ideas. Darren Harris-Fain suggests that to understand American science fiction fully, it is essential to realize that the current field with all its variety results from the preceding decades of writings. In addition, he contends that although much science fiction of merit was written in America prior to 1970, the latter decades of the twentieth century witnessed a dramatic improvement in quality, even as the field fragmented into a variety of subgenres and as writers sought to transcend earlier critical dismissals."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aScience fiction, American$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111190
650 0 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100687
830 0 $aUnderstanding contemporary American literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84722061
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip057/2005003207.html
852 00 $bglx$hPS374.S35$iH37 2005