| #2717145 in Books | University of Pennsylvania Press | 1999-01-14 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.33 x.85 x6.15l,1.23 | File type: PDF | 328 pages | ||11 of 12 people found the following review helpful.| Fascinating, Captain . . .|By Katharine Kerr|Finding a book that combines solid scholarship with good writing is rare enough to celebrate. Bacon-Smith has meticulously researched the sometimes strange, sometimes all-American community of SF fandom, then presented her findings in clear, enjoyable English. Her discussion of the role of women in this community is worth the p|||"[An] inside look at this wonderfully strange universe."—ForeWord
|"A milestone work that brings sf studies into conversation with cultural studies."—Science Fiction Studies
|"Complex yet easy-to-read, Scienc
In a century that has taken us from the horse and buggy to the world wide web, science fiction has established itself as the literature to explore the ways in which technology transforms society while its counterpart, genre fantasy, insistently reminds us of the magical transformations of the individual in response to the demands of the social. So it should come as no surprise that the fans and producers of these genres come together to create the culture of the futur...
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