SCIENCE-FICTION: THE EARLY YEARS

Kent, OH, and London, England: The Kent State University Press, [1990]. First edition. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. Note: Oversize heavy volume, extra postage likely. (30962). Large octavo, cloth. A survey of more than 3000 short stories, novels, and plays with science-fiction elements from earliest times to 1930. An exhaustive study with long descriptions and evaluations of 2475 items, of which approximately 1675 are books and other separate publications (including 222 single-author collections and 60 anthologies) and about 800 are magazine stories. Each of the 2475 entries provide bibliography, including (for books) previous periodical publication (if any), and a full summary (up to 4000 words in some cases) of the story, with historical and critical comments. Author biographical data, where possible, accompany each item. Indexed by title, date, magazine, and motif/theme (35,000 entries), the latter of enormous value for further research in the genre. 8-26. Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror (2002) 68.