Alexei Panshin's The Abyss of Wonder
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INTRODUCTION, by James Blish | ||
| I. | PRELIMINARIES | ||
| 1. The Question 2. Robert Heinlein 3. Heinlein's Career | |||
| II. | THE PERIOD OF INFLUENCE | ||
| 1. Heinlein's First Period 2. 1940 3. 1941 4. 1942 | |||
| III. | THE PERIOD OF SUCCESS | ||
| 1. Heinlein's
Second Period
2. 1947 3. 1948
4.
1949
5. 1950
6. 1951 7. 1952 8. 1953 9. 1954 10. 1955 11. 1956 12. 1957 13. 1958 |
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| IV. | THE PERIOD OF ALIENATION | ||
| 1. Heinlein's Third Period 2. 1959 3. 1960-1961 4. 1962-1964 5. 1965-1967 | |||
| V. | CONSTRUCTION | ||
| 1. Story Elements 2. Context 3. People 4. Problems 5. Structure 6. Attitude | |||
| VI. | EXECUTION | ||
| 1. Stories on Paper 2. Style 3. Sexual Relationships 4. Plot 5. Some Examples | |||
| VII. | CONTENT | ||
| 1. Speculation 2. Liberty 3. The Heinlein Individual 4. Unreality 5. Import | |||
| VIII. | HEINLEIN'S NON-FICTION | ||
| IX. | THE FUTURE OF HEINLEIN | ||
| APPENDIX | |||
| 1. Bibliography of Critical Works on the
Field of Science Fiction
2. Chronological Bibliography of Science Fiction by Robert Heinlein 3. Chronological Bibliography of Non-Fiction by Robert Heinlein |
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| INDEX | |||
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For
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Erwin Bettinghaus
Damon Knight Joe Hensley |
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| Acknowledgments
Far too many people have given me help in the course of
researching
and writing this book for me to thank all of them
individually. However,
I would like to thank Robert Briney, Howard DeVore, Frank Dietz, Al
Halevy,
and Ed Wood for lending me materials; Anthony Boucher, L. Sprague de
Camp
and Jack Williamson for being kind enough to make suggestions; and in
particular
to thank George Price who lent material, made suggestions and offered
welcome
sympathy. Because of the help that these and other people
gave me,
this book is better and more accurate than it might otherwise have
been.
Any mistakes herein, however, are my own.
Portions of
Chapters II, IV, V, VI, and VII appeared
in Riverside Quarterly, copyright 1965 by Arthur
Jean Cox, copyright
1966, 1967 by Leland Sapiro. Portions of Chapters III and
VIII appeared
in Speculation, copyright 1966 by Peter R.
Weston. A portion
of Chapter IV appeared in Nyarlathotep, copyright
1967 by Benjamin
Solon.
Copyright © 1968,
by Alexei Panshin
Originally
published by Advent:Publishers, Inc., Chicago,
IL.
The print edition
is still available from Advent:Publishers
at PO Box A3228, Chicago, IL 60690 or (autographed) from
me. $17 for a hardcover copy, $10 for a
paperback. I charge
for shipping and handling, Advent doesn't.
Border courtesy of The Humble Bee |
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