Table of Contents
Forward /byPeter Doiron --Preface --Contributors --Introduction --pt. 1. Theliterature --ch. 1.Science fiction: from its beginnings to 1870 /byRobert M. Philmus --ch. 2. Theemergence of the scientific romance, 1870-1926 /byThomas D. Clareson --ch. 3. TheGernsback Era, 1926-1937 /byIvor A. Rogers --ch. 4. TheModern Period, 1938-1975 /byJoe De BoltandJohn R. Pfeiffer --ch. 5.Juvenile science fiction /byFrancis J. Molson --pt. 2.Research aids --ch. 6.History, criticism, and biography --ch. 7.Bibliographies, indexes, and teaching aids --ch. 8.Magazine and book review indexes --ch. 9.Periodicals --ch. 10.Literary awards --ch. 11.Core collection checklist --ch. 12.Library collections of science fiction and fantasy /byH.W. Hall.