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Home / Arts / Literature / Genres / Science Fiction / Essays and Criticism
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- Classics of Science Fiction - Identifying the classic books of science fiction.
classics.jameswallaceharris.com
- Council for the Literature of the Fantastic - A very scholarly approach to fantastic literature.
www.uri.edu/artsci/english/clf/index.html
- Definitions of Science Fiction - More than fifty definitions of science fiction from authors.
www.panix.com/~gokce/sf_defn.html
- Her World Exploded - Essay taking the view that science fiction is about how you read a story, not how it's written.
public.logica.com/~stepneys/sf/explode.htm
- In Defense of Science Fiction - An essay on science fiction and literature by critic and science fiction historian John Clute.
www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/05/25/sfdefense/index.html
- Kay Fowler - Essay about themes and genres. Lists lots of examples.
orion.ramapo.edu/~kfowler/sfthemes.html
- Kittywompus Tracks Fanzines - A weblog providing critical reviews of paper and electronic SF fanzines.
www.kittywompus.com/fanzines/reviews
- Science Fiction and Society - Discusses science fiction and its ties to human culture and social issues. Features new articles weekly, discussions, polls, and links.
www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/sf_and_society
- Science Fiction Research Bibliography - An extensive bibliography of printed reference material related to science fiction deemed valueable for research into the subject, from books available at Washington State University's Holland Library.
www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/science_fiction/sfresearch.html
- Science Fiction Studies - Website contains all article-abstracts and full texts of all reviews published in the journal since its founding in 1973, as well as featured essays, documents in the history of sf, and a bibliography of sf-criticism.
www.uiowa.edu/~sfs
- Some Observations on the New SF: An Essay - A thematic analysis of The Year's Best Science-Fiction, 1996-98.
www.goodreports.net/newSF.htm
- The Templeton Gate - Essays and reviews of Science Fiction authors, as well as SF films and television.
members.tripod.com/templetongate
- Tonya's Sphere of Influence - A brief historical survey of women writers of science fiction.
www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~tonya/Tonya/sf/history.html
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