Extrapolation (Volume II Number 1 - December 1960): A Science-Fiction Newsletter (Contains Bibliography of Secondary Material on Jules Verne)

Thomas D. Clareson (Editor)

Verlag: Department of English, The College of Wooster, Ohio, Wooster, Ohio, 1960

Beschreibung

Offered is the December 1960 issue of "Extrapolation: A Science-Fiction Newsletter" (Volume II Number 1) edited by Thomas D. Clareson and published by the Department of English, The College of Wooster, Ohio. A left-stapled publication measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 22 sheets, with 21 interior pages containing text (the verso of each page is blank, as issued). This a stated "Reprint" edition xeroxed by the College of Wooster. The Contents are: From the Launching Pad (editor's opening notes, 1 page; Professor Clareson indicates that there were "almost" 50 subscribers at this point); Some Recurrent Symbols in Science-Fiction by Robert H. Wilson (2-1/2 pages); A Note on Voltaire's 'Micromegas' by Thomas D. Clareson (1/2 page); A Bibliography of Secondary Materials on Jules Verne by Mark R. Hillegas (12 pages; as written, "This bibliography contains nearly every book and article about Jules Verne written in English and of any value as well as most of the important secondary materials in French - It has not been practical, of course, to list newspaper accounts, which were particularly numerous on the occasion of Verne's death in 1905 and the centennial of his birth in 1928"); Is Science-Fiction Art? A Look at H.G. Wells by J.O. Bailey (2-1/2 pages); Once Again, Definitions (1/2 page; comments from John W. Campbell and R.T. Bond of Dodd, Mead and Company on how science-fiction differs from other types of fiction); book review by Arthur O. Lewis, Jr. (2 pages; on "New Maps of Hell: A Survey of Science Fiction" written by Kingsley Amis). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 013665

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Extrapolation (Volume II Number 1 - December...

Verlag: Department of English, The College of Wooster, Ohio, Wooster, Ohio

Erscheinungsdatum: 1960

Einband: Magazine

Zustand: Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition