A Reader’s Guide to Science Fiction - Baird Searles - 1979 Avon Books Paperback - Stanislaw Fernandes Cover

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Cover art: Stanislaw Fernandes

Blurb: “SCIENCE FICTION: A COMPREHENSIVE AND

FASCINATING SOURCE-BOOK FOR EVERY READER OF SCIENCE FICTION:

The novice who wants to know where to begin

The discerning devotee who wants.to know where to turn for that next good book and s-f's newest literary stars

And the casual fan who wants to catch up on the classics of science fiction

Including: lists of hundreds of authors, with selected bibliographies; Hugo and Nebula Award winners; up-to-date s-f series lists; and an incisive history of science fiction

BY BAIRD SEARLES, Martin Last, Beth Meacham, and Michael Franklin With a foreword by SAMUEL R. DELANY”

If You Like Heinlein, Will You Love Van Vogt?

- a comprehensive listing of over two hundred past and present authors, complete with a profile of the author's style, his works, and other suggested writers you might also enjoy.

Last And First Books-a detailed rundown of the works that comprise great science fiction series.

The Space Academy Awards- an index to Hugo and Nebula Award winners, in the categories of novel, novelette, and short story.

5 Parsec Shelf-an outstanding basic reading list highlighting the history of and the various kinds of science fiction.

The Spawn Of Frankenstein- a concise and entertaining look at the roots of s-f and the literature into which it has evolved today.

From A to Z (Akers and Asimov to Zebrowski and Zelazny), from the first astounding magazine to DUNE, A READER'S GUIDE TO SCIENCE FICTION is an invaluable reference work, chronicling where science fiction has been, and where you— the reader-can travel next in the most exciting literature of the cosmos.