WebScience Fiction, Children's Literature, and Popular Culture: Coming of Age in Fantasyland by Gary Westfahl 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions Gary Wesley Westfahl (born May 7, 1951) is an American scholar of science fiction. He has written reviews for the Los Angeles Times, The Internet Review of Science Fiction and Locus Online. He worked at the University of California, Riverside until 2011 and is now an adjunct professor at the University of La … See more Westfahl was born in Washington, DC, in 1951. In 1986, he graduated from Claremont University with a PhD in English. He currently resides in Claremont, California, … See more • Official website • Gary Westfahl at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database • Gary Westfahl at Library of Congress, with 23 library catalog records See more Westfahl coordinates English programs at the university's Learning Center and "has written or edited 24 books of scholarship on science fiction". … See more • The Spacesuit Film: A History, 1918-1969. Jefferson, NC, and London: McFarland & Company, 2012. 361 + x pp. paper. See more
Gary Westfahl
WebGary Westfahl. The Mechanics of Wonder: The Creation of the Idea of Science Fiction. Liverpool: Liverpool UP, 1998. 344 pp. $49.95 (cloth); $28.95 (paper). The Mechanics of … WebIn the 1980s, when I launched a survey of science-fiction stories featuring space stations, I often encountered vigorous polemics supporting the human exploration and exploitation … mappamondo led
Gary Westfahl (Author of Science Fiction Quotations)
WebIn the 1950s, science fiction criticism first became a regular and respected activity, most prominently taking the form of regular book reviews in magazines and amateur … WebOct 14, 2024 · Grown men and women, sixty years old, twenty‑five years old, sit around and talk about “the golden age of science fiction,” remembering when every story in every magazine was a masterwork of daring, original thought. Some say the golden age was circa 1928; some say 1939; some favor 1953, or 1970 or 1984. The arguments rage till the … WebJan 1, 1999 · Gary Westfahl The Mechanics of Wonder: The Creation of the Idea of Science Fiction (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies … mappamondo italiano