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The Road to Science Fiction: From Wells to Heinlein

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The Road to Science Fiction: From Wells to Heinlein - Gunn, James, Col.
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Now in Paperback! Between an ancient Roman's trip to the moon and the fantastic tales of H.G. Wells lies a journey through time and space and an awesome evolution in scientific thinking. From Gilgamesh's search for immortality to Lucian's odyssey on the moon; from Jonathan Swift's hilarious satire on scientists in Gulliver's Travels to Mary Shelley's horrifying description of a scientist who has gone too far in Frankenstein from Edgar Allan Poe's balloon trip in the year 2848 to Jules Verne's prophesies of the impact ...

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The Road to Science Fiction: From Wells to Heinlein 2002, Scarecrow Press

ISBN-13: 9780810844391

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