Size: 9x6x1; Yellow cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Pages are

Size: 9x6x1; Yellow cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Pages are crisp. Several pages show marginalia and there is a small amount of underlining. Dust jacket shows light edge-wear at corners and at head and foot of spine; has a few short closed tears. DJ in clear archival sleeve. Bibliography. Index. xi, 111 pp. 8.25" x 5.25". Robert E. Scholes (1929-2016) was an American literary critic and theorist. In this work he presents a critical and theoretical study of the field of science fiction. The first part is general and theoretical, arguing for its seriousness and its value as literature. The second part is practical and specific. Many authors are discussed, including Ursula Le Guin, Frank Herbert, Olaf Stapledon, and Daniel Keyes, to name a few. Included are suggestions for reading in science fiction and a brief checklist of secondary sources, including bibliographies. Contents: The Fictional Criticism of the Future; The Roots of Science Fiction; Structural Fabulation; The Good Witch of the West.