L. David Allen, Science Fiction: An Introduction
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The bulk of this book, likely the earliest volume of the venerable Cliffs Notes series to cover any kind of science fiction, consists of "analyses of representative novels", which are listed below. The author was a member of the Department of English at the University of Nebraska at the time.
Ranked: No
Titles Cited: 13
Publication: Cliffs Notes, 1973
Compile Notes
The book also includes a "selected bibliography of science fiction", spread over 19 pages; these are not compiled here.
Ranked: No
Titles Cited: 13
Publication: Cliffs Notes, 1973
Compile Notes
The book also includes a "selected bibliography of science fiction", spread over 19 pages; these are not compiled here.
- Isaac Asimov, I, Robot (Gnome, 1950)
- Alfred Bester, The Demolished Man (Shasta, 1953)
- Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood's End (Ballantine, 1953)
- Hal Clement, Mission of Gravity (Doubleday, 1954)
- Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Putnam, 1966)
- Frank Herbert, Dune (Chilton, 1965)
- Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness (Ace Special, 1969)
- Fritz Leiber, Conjure Wife (Twayne, 1953)
- Walter M. Miller, Jr., A Canticle for Leibowitz (Lippincott, 1959)
- Larry Niven, Ringworld (Ballantine, 1970)
- Alexei Panshin, Rite of Passage (Ace Special, 1968)
- Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (George Smith, 1873; France 1871)
- H. G. Wells, The Time Machine (Henry Holt, 1895)
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