I would regard this book as a MUST for serious collectors and/or bookstore owners. I have heard a new revised edition is planned.īut for now, if you really, really like to know ABOUT science fiction as well as read it, this is the BEST of the several Sf enecyclopedia's I own. The only real lack, of course, is anything in the last 15 years is not covered. Printed, in the 1993, at over 1400 pages, I have found in an invaluable source of information. Then, the theme is briefly discussed, with a listing of some representative authors. A large staff of Sf teacher s and acamdemics have contributed, as well as a few sf authors-Thomas Disch Brian Aldiss and Neil Gaiman, among others.Īn extra this enecycloped has is articles on themes such as "Lost Words" or "Politics and Sf" and "Children's Sf". The cross-reference in excellent, and the articles well written. So the authors concentrate on as many authors as they can, with great sucess.īut it is an excellend reference book if you are a die hard fan of SF, as I am. For example Robert Heinlein gets only two pages, and you could write a book on him alone. Of the course the Sf field is now so vast, one book cannot cover every singe author or book.
Books, authors, movies, magazines,-all are covered. This is not a book to be read, but it is an invaluable source of information on science fiction. This is the indispensable reference work not only for every reader who loves, uses and wishes to know more about science fiction, but for every reader of imaginative fiction at the end of this century. It now contains well over 4,300 entries - a staggering 1,500 more than the original - and, at 1.2 million words, it is over half a million words longer than the first edition. Accordingly, the book has expanded dramatically in order to cope with the complexities and changes. The advent of game worlds, shared worlds, graphic novels, film and tv spin-offs, technothrillers, survivalist fiction, of horror novels and fantasy novels with of centres has necessitated a radical revision, and this has allowed the inclusion of related subjects, such as magic realism. The world of science fiction in the 1990s is much more complex than it was back in the late 1970s. This new edition has taken years to prepare and is much more than a simple updating. Frank Herbert described it as 'the most valuable science fiction source book ever written' and Isaac Asimov said 'It will become the Bible for all science fiction fans.'. When the first edition of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction was published in 1979, it was immediately hailed as a classic work of reference.
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