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Artificial Satellites
Author_Paul K. Alkon
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Product details
- ISBN 9781138138414
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 17 Dec 2015
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Paul Alkon analyzes several key works that mark the most significant phases in the early evolution of science fiction, including Frankenstein, Twenty Thousand LeaguesUnder the Sea, A Connecticut Yankee in King arthur'sCourt and The Time Machine. He places the work in context and discusses the genre and its relation to other kinds of literature.
Paul K. Alkon is Leo S. Bing Professor of English at the University of Southern California. His work Origins ofFuturistic Fiction was the recipient of the Eaton Award for the year's best critical work on science fiction.
