The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

1416 Pages·1993·239.386 MB·English

by  John Clute, Peter Nicholls, Brian Stableford, John Grant

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When the first edition ofTheEnc V < dia of
ScienceFiction was published u < was
immediately hailed as a classic wo.
reference. Frank Herbert described it as 'the
most valuable science fiction source book ever
written' and Isaac Asimov said 'It will become
the Bible forall science fiction fans.'
This new edition has taken yearsto prepare and
is much more than a simple updating. The
world ofscience fiction in the 1990s is much
more complex than it was back in the late
1970s. The advent ofgame worlds, shared
worlds, graphic novels, film and tv spin-offs,
technothrillers, survivalist fiction, sfhorror
novels and fantasy novels with sfcentres has
necessitated a radical revision, andthishas
allowed the inclusion ofrelated subjects, such
as magic realism. Accordingly, the book has
expanded dramatically in orderto cope with the
complexities and changes. It now contains well
over4,300 entries-a staggering ,500 more
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than the original -and, at 1.3 million words, it
is over halfa million words longerthan the
first edition.
This is the indispensable reference work not
only forevery readerwho loves, uses and
wishes to know more about science fiction, but
forevery readerofimaginative fiction at the
end ofthis century.
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THE
ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
SCIENCE
FICTION

THE
ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
SCIENCE
FICTION
EDITED BY
JOHN CLUTE and PETER NICHOLLS
Contributing editor
BRIAN STABLEFORD
Technical editor
JOHN GRANT
Sausalito Public Library
Sausalito, California 94965
MARTIN'S PRESS
ST.
New York
©JohnCluteandPeterNicholls1993
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FirstpublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericain1993
Reprinted 1993
TypesetinPalatinoby ^\Tek-Art,Croydon,Surrey,England
PrintedinEnglandbyButler&TannerLtd,FromeandLondon
LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData
TheEncyclopediaofsciencefiction/editedbyJohnCluteandPeterNicholls;
technicaleditor,JohnGrant;contributingeditor,BrianStableford
ISBN0-312-09618-6
1.Sciencefiction-Dictionaries.I.Clute,John,1940-
II.Nicholls,Peter,1939-
PN3433.4.E531993
809.3'8762'03-dc20
92-47048
CIP
CONTENTS
Introduction vii
Contents of this Book xi
Checklist of Contributors xxiii
Acknowledgements xxvii
Checklist of Themes xxix
How to Use this Book xxxi
Checklist of Abbreviations xxxv
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