The Jewel-Hinged Jaw : Notes on the Language of Science Fiction.
Title:
The Jewel-Hinged Jaw : Notes on the Language of Science Fiction.
Author:
Delany, Samuel R.
ISBN:
9780819572462
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (227 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prefaces and Acknowledgments -- Ethical Aesthetics, An Introduction by Matthew Cheney -- 1. About 5,750 Words -- 2. Critical Methods / Speculative Fiction -- 3. Quarks -- 4. Thickening the Plot -- 5. Faust and Archimedes -- 6. Alyx -- 7. Prisoners' Sleep -- 8. Letter to the Symposium on "Women In Science Fiction" -- 9. To Read The Dispossessed -- 10. A Fictional Architecture That Manages Only with Great Difficulty Not Once to Mention Harlan Ellison -- Appendixes -- A. Midcentury -- B. Letter to a Critic -- Index.
Abstract:
An indispensable work of science fiction criticism revised and expanded.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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