The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - John Clute & Peter Nicholls Reviews
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Newest Review: ... order and includes a vast range of topics and people to look up. These include theme entries like cyborgs and time travel and ... more
... the legacy of individual countries like France and Japan and many others in this field. There are also many essays related to the world of comics and graphic novels with people like Alan Moore profiled in the book. And, of course, many, many, books, films and television series. Some of the concepts that feature in the book are certainly interesting and occasionally take you off to some strange places. For example, the 'Hitler Wins' device, which is discussed here. Many sci-fi novels and stories have taken place...more
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The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - John Clute & Peter Nicholls: Brave New Worlds (1104 words)by - written on 12/10/10 (Very useful, 87 readings)
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The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction was edited by Peter Nicholls with John Clute and is a huge reference work on the world of (yes, you guessed it) science fiction. It first appeared in 1979 and was later revised in 1993 and 1999. The book has over 4,360 entries spread out over more than a thousand pages and involved dozens of contributors. You can read here about everything from Star Trek to parallel worlds to the end of the world to HG Wells to Atlantis to The Twilight Zone to Godzilla to HP Lovecraft to The Stepford Wives and on and on. There are over 500 films reviewed in the book too, many delightfully obscure, like Kingdom of the Spiders with William Shatner. I got Read the complete review
