#60 = Volume 20, Part 2 = July 1993
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On Hard Science Fiction:
A Bibliography
This list of secondary citations for the introduction includes numerous essays
by Benford, Slusser and Westfahl and others tracing the science in SF debate
over the decades. For other references, see bibliographies in Samuelson 1962,
Westfahl 1986 and entries (sometimes misleading) on "science in literature'' and
"scientists'' in Hal Hall, comp., Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index,
1878-1975, 2 v. (Detroit: Gale, 1987).
Anderson, Poul. "The Creation of Imaginary Worlds: The World Builder's Handbook
and Pocket Companion.'' Bretnor 1974, 235-58.
—————. "How to Build a Planet.'' 1966. Knight, 205-14.
—————. "Nebula Award Science Fiction, 1965-1970: The Science.'' Nebula Award
Stories Seven. Ed. Lloyd Biggle, Jr. NY: Harper, 1973. 213-21.
—————. "Science Fiction and Science, 1: Reality, Fiction, and Points Between.'' Destinies 1.1:292-308, Nov-Dec 1978.
—————. "Science Fiction and Science, 2: The Hardness of Hard Science Fiction.'' Destinies 1.2:248-62, Jan-Feb 1979.
—————. "Science Fiction and Science, 3: On Imaginary Science.'' Destinies 1.3:304-20, Apr-June 1979.
—————. "Science Fiction and Science 4: The Science Fiction in Science.'' Destinies 1.4: 304-20, Aug-Sept 1979.
—————. "Science Fiction and Science 5: Science Fiction and Reason.'' Destinies 1.5: Oct-Dec 1979.
Anderson, Ray Lynn. "Persuasive Functions of Science Fiction: A Study in the
Rhetoric of Science.'' Dissertation, U Minn., 1968 [Asimov, Clarke, Hoyle].
Asimov, Isaac. Asimov on Science Fiction. Garden City, NY: Doubleday,
1981.
Bainbridge, William Sims. Dimensions of Science Fiction. Cambridge, MA, &
London: Harvard UP, 1986.
—————, and Murray Dalziell. "The Shape of Science Fiction as Perceived by
Fans.'' SFS 5:165-71, #15, July 1978.
—————. The Spaceflight Revolution: A Sociological Study. NY: Wiley, 1976.
Barnes, John. "How to Build a Future.'' Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact,
110: 150-75, March 1990.
Benford, Gregory. "Aliens and Knowability: A Scientist's Perspective.'' Bridges to Science Fiction. Ed. George E. Slusser, George R. Guffey, and
Mark Rose. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1980. 53-63.
—————. "The Awe and the Aweful.'' Analog Yearbook. Ed. Ben Bova. NY: Ace, 1978.
13-21.
—————. "Effing the Ineffable.'' Aliens: The Anthropology of Science Fiction.
Ed. George Slusser and Eric S. Rabkin. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1987.
13-25.
—————. "Fantasy as Pollution.'' The Patchin Review 3:5-9, January 1982.
—————. "Hard? Science? Fiction?'' [book reviews]. Amazing Stories 62:52-60,
July 1987.
—————. "Hard Science Fiction in the Real World.'' Science Fiction Review
13:29-34, February 1985.
—————. "Imagining the Real.'' The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
84:47-59, January 1993.
—————. "In the Wave's Wake.'' Foundation: The Review of Science Fiction 30:5-9,
March 1984.
—————. "Journey to the Genre's Core.'' Vector 121:22-23, August 1984.
—————. "Journey to the Genre's Core: A Reply to Damon Knight.'' Science Fiction
Review 13:32, August 1984.
—————. "Pascal's Terror.'' Mindscapes: The Geographies of Imagined Worlds. Ed.
George E. Slusser and Eric S. Rabkin. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1989.
271-77.
—————. "Profession of Science Fiction, 22: A String of Days.'' Foundation: The
Review of Science Fiction 21:5-17, February 1981.
—————. "Putting Science into Science Fiction.'' Writer 96:7-10, July 1983.
—————. "Reactionary Utopias.'' Storm Warnings: Science Fiction Confronts the
Future. Eds. George E. Slusser, Colin Greenland, and Eric S. Rabkin. Carbondale:
Southern Illinois UP, 1987. 73-83.
—————. "Science and Science Fiction.'' Science Fiction: The Academic Awakening.
Ed. Willis McNelly. Shreveport, LA: CEA, 1974. 30-34.
—————. "Science, Science Fiction, and All That. . . .'' Algol 13:29-31, Winter
1976. [abridged "Science and SF''].
—————. "Science Fiction, Rhetoric, and Realities: Words to the Critic.''
Fiction 2000: Cyberpunk and the Future of Narrative. Ed. George Slusser and Tom
Shippey Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1992. 223-29.
—————. "Style, Substance, and Other Illusions.'' Styles of Creation: Aesthetic
Technique and the Creation of Fictional Worlds. Ed. George Slusser and Eric S.
Rabkin. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1992. 47-57.
—————. "Teaching Physics with Science Fiction.'' Fan Plus 1:13-14, January
1980.
—————. "The Time-Word Path: Building Science Fiction.'' Algol 15:31-33,
Summer/Fall 1978.
—————. "Why is There So Little Science in Literature?'' Isaac Asimov's Science
Fiction Magazine 6:43-50, February 15, 1982.
————— (interviewed). Across the Wounded Galaxies: Interviews with Contemporary
American Science Fiction Writers. Ed. Larry McCaffery. Urbana: University of
Illinois Press, 1990. 3-30.
Berger, Albert. "The Magic That Works: John W. Campbell, Jr. and the American
Response to Technology.'' Journal of Popular Culture 5:867-943, Spring 1972.
[Adapted from M.A. thesis, 1972.]
—————. The Magic That Works: John W. Campbell and the American Response to
Technology. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1993. [Expansion and revision
of previous item.]
—————. "Nuclear Energy: Science Fiction's Metaphor of Power.'' SFS 6:121-28, #18, July 1979.
—————. "Science Fiction Critiques of the American Space Program, 1945-1958.'' SFS 5:99-109, #15, July 1978.
—————. "Science Fiction and the Ideology of Change in America, 1935-1975.''
Dissertation, Northern Illinois, 1978.
Blish, James. "The Science in Science Fiction.'' The Tale That Wags the God.
Ed. Cy Chauvin. 1971. Chicago: Advent, 1987.
Bova, Ben. Through Eyes of Wonder: Science Fiction and Science. Reading,
MA.: Addison-Wesley, 1975.
Bretnor, Reginald, ed. The Craft of Science Fiction. NY: Harper, 1976.
—————. Science Fiction: Its Meaning and Its Future. 1953. Chicago:
Advent, 1979.
—————. Science Fiction: Today and Tomorrow. NY: Harper, 1974
Bridgstock, Martin. "A Psychological Approach to 'Hard' Science Fiction.'' SFS 10: 50-57, #29, March 1983.
Browning, Gavin. "Scientism in Science Fiction.'' Foundation: The Review of
Science Fiction 33:24-36, Spring 1985.
Campbell, John W., Jr. "The Science of Science-Fiction.'' Atlantic Monthly,
181:97-98, May 1948.
—————. "The Science of Science-Fiction Writing.'' Of Worlds Beyond: The
Science of Science-Fiction Writing. Ed. Lloyd Arthur Eschbach. 1947.
Chicago: Advent, 1964. 89-101.
—————. "The Place of Science Fiction.'' Bretnor 1953, 3-22.
Clareson, Thomas D. "The Scientist as Hero in American Science Fiction,
1880-1920.'' Extrapolation 7:18-28, December 1965.
Clarke, Arthur C. Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the
Possible. 1962. Rev. [4th] ed. NY: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1984. [Has "Chart
of the Future,'' 253.]
—————. "Science Fiction: Preparation for the Age of Space.'' Bretnor 1953,
197-220.
Clement, Hal. "The Creation of Imaginary Beings.'' Bretnor 1974, 259-77.
—————. "Hard Sciences and Tough Technologies.'' Bretnor 1976, 37-52.
—————. "Whirligig World.'' Astounding Science Fiction, 51:102-14, June
1953. [regularly reprinted with Ballantine paperback editions of Mission of
Gravity]
Conklin, Groff. "Science in Science Fiction.'' Science Illustrated 1:44-45+109, July 1946.
Cramer, Kathryn. "Science Fiction and the Adventures of the Spherical Cow.'' New York Review of Science Fiction, 1:1+3-5, September 1988.
De Camp, L. Sprague. Science Fiction Handbook. NY: Heritage House, 1953
[includes early list of SF writers with scientific or technical training].
Delany, Samuel R. The American Shore: Meditations on a Tale of Science
Fiction by Thomas M. Disch—"Angouleme.'' Elizabethtown, NY: Dragon Press,
1977.
—————. The Jewel-Hinged Jaw: Notes on the Language of Science Fiction. Elizabethtown, NY: Dragon Press, 1977.
—————. Starboard Wine: More Notes on the Language of Science Fiction. Pleasantville, NY: Dragon Press, 1984.
Erlich, Richard D., and Thomas P. Dunn, eds. Clockwork Worlds: Mechanized
Environments in SF. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1983.
—————. The Mechanical God: Machines in Science Fiction. Westport, CT:
Greenwood, 1982.
Evans, Arthur B. Jules Verne Rediscovered: Didacticism and the Scientific
Novel. NY: Greenwood, 1988.
Geffe, Philip F., et al. "Scientists in Science Fiction: A Debate.'' 1966-67.
Knight. 175-96.
Stephen L. Gillett, Stephen L. "On Building an Earth-like Planet.'' Analog
Science Fiction/Science Fact 109:90-107, July 1989.
Goswami, Amit and Maggie. The Cosmic Dancers: Exploring the Physics of
Science Fiction. NY: Harper, 1983.
Gunn, James, ed. The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. NY: Viking,
1988.
Hassler, Donald M. Hal Clement (Starmont Reader's Guide #11). Mercer
Island, WA: Starmont, 1982.
—————. Isaac Asimov (Starmont Reader's Guide #40). Mercer Island, WA:
Starmont, 1985.
Herbert, Frank. "Men on Other Planets.''
Hayles, N. Katherine. Chaos Bound: Orderly Disorder in Contemporary
Literature and Science. Ithaca, NY: Cornell UP, 1990.
—————. The Cosmic Web: Scientific Field Models and Literary Strategies in the
Twentieth Century. Ithaca, NY: Cornell UP, 1984.
—————, ed. Chaos and Order: Complex Dynamics in Literature and Science. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991.
Roslyn D. Haynes, Roslyn D. H.G. Wells: Discoverer of the Future. NY:
NYUP, 1980.
Hirsch, Walter. "Science Fiction: 1926-1950: A Content Analysis.'' Dissertation,
Northwestern, 1957.
—————. "The Imagination of the Scientist in Science Fiction.'' American
Journal of Sociology, 43:506-12, March 1958.
Hollow, John. Against the Night, the Stars: The Science Fiction of Arthur C.
Clarke, rev. ed. Athens: Ohio UP, 1987.
Huntington, John. Rationalizing Genius: Ideological Strategies in the Classic
American Science Fiction Short Story. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP, 1989.
Isaacs, Leonard. Darwin to Double Helix: The Biological Theme in Science
Fiction. London: Butterworth's, 1977.
Jameson, Frederic. "Shifting Context of Science-Fiction Theory'' [incl. review
of Slusser and Rabkin, Hard Science Fiction]. SFS 14:241-47, #42,
July 1987.
Knight, Damon. Turning Points: Essays on the Art of Science Fiction. NY;
Harper, 1977.
Kostolevsky, Joseph. "Science, Yes—Fiction Maybe.'' Antioch Review 12:236-40, June 1953.
Kuttner, Henry. "Science in Science Fiction.'' Science-Fiction Advertiser 2:3-6, January 1953.
Lambourne, Robert, Michael Shallis, and Michael Shortland, Close Encounters?
Science and Science Fiction. Bristol, England: Adam Hilger, 1991.
Lear, John. "Let's Put Some Science in Science Fiction.'' Popular Science
Monthly 164:135-37+244-48, August 1964.
Lem, Stanislaw. Microworlds: Writings on Science Fiction and Fantasy. Various translators. San Diego: Harcourt, 1984.
—————. Phantastik und Futurologie, 2 vols. Trans. Beate Sorge and Wiktor
Szacki (1), Edda Werfel (2). Frankfurt a. M.: Insel, 1977, 1980. [Polish
edition, Fantastyka i futurologia, 1964, 1970; some sections may be found
in Microworlds].
Lessing, Doris. "Preface,'' The Sirian Experiments. NY: Knopf, 1980.
vii-ix.
Malmgren, Carl. Worlds Apart: Narratology of Science Fiction. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1991.
Meyers, Walter E. Aliens and Linguists: Language Study and Science Fiction. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1980.
Joseph D. Miller, Joseph D. "Neuroscience Fiction: The Roman à Synaptic Cleft.'' Mindscapes: The Geographies of Imagined Worlds. Ed. George E. Slusser and
Eric S. Rabkin. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1989. 195-207.
Moore, Patrick. "To Other Worlds.'' Listener 69:865-66, May 23, 1963.
Muller, H.J. "Science Fiction as an Escape.'' The Humanist 17:333-46,
November-December 1957.
Nadeau, Robert. Readings for the New Book of Nature: Physics and Metaphysics
in the Modern Novel. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1981.
Nichols, Peter, David Langford, and Brian Stableford. The Science in Science
Fiction. NY: Knopf 1983.
Park, Paul. "The Shadow of Hard Science Fiction.'' NY Review of Science
Fiction 38:1+3-4, October 1991.
Parker, Helen N.. Biological Themes in Science Fiction. Ann Arbor, MI:
UMI Research Press, 1984 [1977 dissertation].
Pierce, John J. A STUDY IN IMAGINATION AND EVOLUTION, 3 v.: Foundations of
Science Fiction, Great Themes of Science Fiction, When World Views Collide. NY & Westport, CN: Greenwood Press. 1987-89.
Pierce, John R. "Science and Literature.'' Science 20:431-34, April 1951.
Porush, David. The Soft Machine: Cybernetic Fiction. NY: Methuen, 1985.
Pournelle, Jerry, and Larry Niven. "Building The Mote in God's Eye.'' Galaxy 37:92-113, January 1976.
Preuss, Paul. "It Takes Guts to Build a Universe.'' Locus 14:8+14,
February 1981.
Rheingold, Howard. Virtual Reality. NY: Simon and Schuster, 1991.
Robinson, Guy S. "Science in Science Fiction: Hypertravel.'' Listener 70:976-77. December 17, 1964.
Russ, Joanna. "SF and Technology as Mystification.'' SFS 5:250-60, #16,
November 1978.
—————. "Speculations: The Subjunctivity of Science Fiction.'' Extrapolation 15:51-59, December 1973.
—————. "Towards an Aesthetic of Science Fiction.'' SFS 2:112-10, #6, July
1975.
Sadler, Frank. The Unified Ring: Narrative Art and the Science-Fiction Novel. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Research Press, 1984 [1974 dissertation].
Samuelson, David N. "Books'' [review of Slusser and Rabkin, Hard Science
Fiction]. Extrapolation 27:4 (Winter 1986), 357-60.
—————. "Science Fiction and the Two Cultures: A Study in the Theory and
Criticism of Contemporary Science Fiction with Reference to the Cultural
Division Between the Sciences and the Humanities.'' [B.A.] Honors Thesis, Drew,
1962.
—————. Visions of Tomorrow: Six Journeys from Inner to Outer Space. NY:
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Schmidt, Stanley. "The Science in Science Fiction.'' Many Fictions, Many
Worlds: Theme and Form in Science Fiction. Ed. Thomas D. Clareson, Kent, OH:
Kent State UP, 1977.
Slusser, George E. "The Frankenstein Barrier.'' Fiction 2000: Cyberpunk and
the Future of Narrative. Ed. George Slusser and Tom Shippey. Athens:
University of Georgia Press, 1992. pp. 46-71.
—————. "Reflections on Style in Science Fiction.'' Styles of Creation:
Aesthetic Technique and the Creation of Fictional Worlds. Ed. George Slusser
and Eric S. Rabkin. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1992. 3-23.
————— and George Guffey. "Literature and Science.'' Interrelations of
Literature. Ed. Jean-Pierre Barricelli. NY: Modern Language Association,
1982. 176-204.
————— and Eric S. Rabkin, eds. Hard Science Fiction. Carbondale: Southern
Illinois UP, 1986.
Spinrad, Norman. "The Rubber Sciences.'' Bretnor 1976. 54-69.
—————. Science Fiction and the Real World. Carbondale: Southern Illinois
UP, 1990 ["Modes of Content'' (3 essays), 91-135].
Stableford, Brian. The Sociology of Science Fiction. San Bernardino, CA:
Borgo, 1987.
Strehle, Susan. Fiction in The Quantum Universe. Chapel Hill: University
of North Carolina Press, 1992.
Taylor, John R. "Scientific Thought in Science Fiction.'' Science Fiction at
Large. Ed. Peter Nicholls. NY: Harper, 1976. 57-72.
Voller. Jack G. "Universal Mindscape: The Gaia Hypothesis in Science Fiction.'' Mindscapes: The Geographies of Imagined Worlds. Ed. George E. Slusser and
Eric S. Rabkin. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1989. 136-54.
Warrick, Patricia S. The Cybernetic Imagination in Science Fiction. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1980 [1979 dissertation].
Wendland, Albert W. Science, Myth, and the Creation of Alien Worlds. Ann
Arbor, MI: UMI Research Press, 1985 [1979 dissertation].
Westfahl, Gary. "'A Convenient Analog System': John W. Campbell, Jr.'s Theory of
Science Fiction.''' Foundation: The Review of Science Fiction 54:52-70,
Spring 1992 [adapted from 1986 dissertation].
—————. "'Dictatorial, Authoritarian, Uncooperative': The Case Against John W.
Campbell, Jr.'' Foundation: The Review of Science Fiction 56:36-61,
Autumn 1992.
—————. "An Idea of Significant Import: Hugo Gernsback's Theory of Science
Fiction.'' Foundation: The Review of Science Fiction, 48:26-50, Spring
1990. [Adapted from 1986 dissertation].
—————. "Islands in the Sky: Space Stations in the Universe of Science Fiction.'' Mindscapes: The Geographies of Imagined Worlds. Ed. George E. Slusser and
Eric S. Rabkin. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1989. 211-25.
—————. "The Mote in Gernsback's Eye; A History of the Idea of Science Fiction.''
Dissertation, UC Riverside, 1986.
—————. "On the True History of Science Fiction.'' Foundation: The Review of
Science Fiction 47:5-27, Winter/Spring 1990 [adapted from 1986
dissertation].
—————."'Small Worlds and Strange Themes': The Iconography of the Space Station
in Science Fiction.'' Foundation: The Review of Science Fiction 51:38-63,
Spring 1991.
—————. "Words of Wishdom: The Neologisms of Science Fiction.'' Styles of
Creation: Aesthetic Technique and the Creation of Fictional Worlds. Ed.
George Slusser and Eric S. Rabkin. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1992.
224-44.
Williams, Norma. "Science in Science Fiction.'' Australian Science Fiction
Review 5:10-13, December 1965.
Williams, W.T. "Science in Science Fiction: Alien Biology.'' Listener (December 24, 1964), 1001-4.
Wolfe, Gary. The Known and the Unknown: The Iconography of Science Fiction. Kent, OH: Kent State UP, 1979.
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