The Mechanics of Wonder: The Creation of the Idea of Science Fiction.(Review)

From: Utopian Studies | Date: March 22, 1999| Author: Erlich, Richard D. | Copyright information

Gary Westfahl. The Mechanics of Wonder: The Creation of the Idea of Science Fiction. Liverpool: Liverpool UP, 1998. 344 pp. $49.95 (cloth); $28.95 (paper).

THE MECHANICS OF WONDER is an important book for anyone who deals with the history of science fiction or the description, history, and/or historiography of genres. Still, Mechanics should come with a warning: CAUTION! You are entering a Battle of the Books, a culture-skirmish between Old World and New World claims to ...

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