| Description |
xiv, 157 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy ; no. 88
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-148) and index. |
| Contents |
How Charlie made children hate him : fantasy and reality in stories for small children -- The three lives of Superman- and everybody else -- Mystery of the amateur detectives : the early days of the Hardy boys -- Giving Horatio Alger goosebumps, or, from Hardy boys to hapless boys : the changing ethos of juvenile series fiction -- From the back of the head to beyond the moon : the novel and film This island Earth -- Opposing war, exploiting war : the troubled pacifism of Star trek -- Even better than the real thing : advertising, music videos, postmodernism, and (eventually) science fiction -- Legends of the fall : going not particularly far Behind the music -- Hollywood strikes a pose : seven tales of triumph, treachery, and travail in old Tinseltown -- In defense of stone tablets : Isaac Asimov explains why science fiction is skeptical about "new information technologies" -- Partial derivatives : popular misinterpretations of H. G. Wells's The time machine. |
| Subject |
Science fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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Fantasy fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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Children's stories, American -- History and criticism.
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Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Children -- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
0313308470 (alk. paper) |
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