Gary Westfahl
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Titles:
Essays
- Unknown. "A Convenient Analog System": John W. Campbell, Jr.'s Theory of Science Fiction
- Unknown. "An Idea of Significant Import": Hugo Gernsback's Theory of Science Fiction
- Unknown. "Dictatorial, Authoritarian, Uncooperative": The Case Against John W. Campbell, Jr.
- Unknown. "Did Alien Astronauts Make the Shroud of Turin?"
- Unknown. "Dishonest Work": Heinlein's Attitudes Toward Writing
- Unknown. "Martians Old and New, Still Standing Over Us"
- Unknown. "Pastwonder: The Redemption of Orson Scott Card"
- Unknown. "The Gernsback Continuum": William Gibson in the Context of Science Fiction
- Unknown. Ο J. G. Ballard και "Η χαμένη εποχή του διαστήματος"
- Unknown. 'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: An Open Letter to a Young SF Fan
- Unknown. A Christmas Cavil or, It's a Plunderful Life
- Unknown. A Modem Utopia
- Unknown. Academic Criticism of Science Fiction: What It Is, What It Should Be
- Unknown. America's Dumbest Columnist or The Remarking Moron
- Unknown. Artists in Wonderland: Toward a True History of Science Fiction Art
- Unknown. Big Dumb Opticals: Film Considered as the Motion Pyramid
- Unknown. Celebrating a Century of Science Fiction Films with A Trip to the Moon
- Unknown. Claremont, California: Notes from the Home Front
- Unknown. Coming of Age in Fantasyland: The Self-Parenting Child in Walt Disney Animated Films
- Unknown. Cremators of Science Fiction, 1 & 2: Brian Stableford & John Clute
- Unknown. Deconstructing the Atom, or, Mourning Becomes Electron: The Death and Derrida-liverance of Modern Physics
- Unknown. Dem Frieden eine Chance geben: Pazifismus in der Science Fiction
- Unknown. Eaton Hong Kong Conference
- Unknown. Extracts from The Biographical Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Film
- Unknown. Fallstricke des Prophezeiens
- Unknown. Fellow Travellers: Jules Verne and J.G. Ballard
- Unknown. For Tomorrow We Dine: The Sad Gourmet at the Scienticafé
- Unknown. From the Ocean to the Stars: The Life of Robert A. Heinlein, 1907-1988
- Unknown. Gadgetry, Government, Genetics, and God: The Forms of Science Fiction Utopia
- Unknown. Going Where Lots of People Have Gone Before, or The Novels Science Fiction Readers Don't See
- Unknown. Good Physics, Lousy Engineering: Arthur C. Clarke's A Fall of Moondust
- Unknown. Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, David Brin: Δημιουργώντας επάνω στο Θεμέλιο του Isaac Asimov
- Unknown. Greyer Lensmen or, Looking Backward in Anger
- Unknown. In Search of Dismal Science Fiction
- Unknown. Introduction (Hyperion)
- Unknown. Introduction (Science Fiction Quotations)
- Unknown. Introduction to the Second Edition (Islands in the Sky: The Space Station Theme in Science Fiction Literature)
- Unknown. Introduction: Masters of the Literary Universe
- Unknown. Islands in the Sky: Space Stations in the Universe of Science Fiction
- Unknown. Janeways and Thaneways: The Better Half, and Worse Half, of Science-Fiction Television
- Unknown. Kalte Schultern und schwitzige Hände: Eine Geschichte des Klimawandels in der Science Fiction
- Unknown. Letter (Foundation #52)
- Unknown. Letter (Foundation #58)
- Unknown. Letter (Foundation 56)
- Unknown. Letter (Interzone #137)
- Unknown. Letter (Monad #3)
- Unknown. Letter: A Final Response
- Unknown. Letter: A Zealous but Humble Reply
- Unknown. No News Is Good News: What Science Fiction Leaves Out of the Future #1
- Unknown. Nonsense of Wonder: On Teaching Science Fiction
- Unknown. Of Futures Imagined, and Futures Inhabited
- Unknown. On The True History of Science Fiction
- Unknown. Orson Scott Card
- Unknown. Pilgrim Award: I Am Not a Role Model ... or Am I?
- Unknown. Pitfalls of Prophecy: Why Science Fiction So Often Fails to Predict the Future
- Unknown. Pont and Cringe: A Non-Innovative, Non-Interactive Column
- Unknown. Por qué callan las estrellas
- Unknown. Poul Anderson and the Human Crusade
- Unknown. Preface (The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders: Volume 1)
- Unknown. Prehistory Lessons
- Unknown. Reading Mars: Changing Images of Mars in Twentieth-Century Science Fiction
- Unknown. Return to Innocence
- Unknown. Robert A. Heinlein και Philip K. Dick
- Unknown. Robert A. Heinlein´s _2001: A Space Odyssey_
- Unknown. Rules for Robots v.1.0
- Unknown. Science Fiction Is the Simplest Thing
- Unknown. Sector General: The Next Generation?
- Unknown. Sequel and Ye Shall Find Well: Book Two in the Chronicles of Westfahl the Critic
- Unknown. Sir Arthur C. Clarke
- Unknown. Small Worlds and Strange Tomorrows: The Icon of the Space Station in Science Fiction
- Unknown. Space Opera
- Unknown. Space Stations and Space Habitats: A Selective Bibliography
- Unknown. Space Stations in Fact and Fiction
- Unknown. Special Section (Extrapolation, Spring 2009)
- Unknown. Superladies in Waiting: How the Female Hero Almost Emerges in Science Fiction
- Unknown. Talking to Aliens - and to Ourselves
- Unknown. The Anthology on the Edge of Forever
- Unknown. The End of Science Fiction's Childhood
- Unknown. The Genre That Evolved: On Science Fiction as Children's Literature
- Unknown. The History of Heinlein's Future
- Unknown. The Light Fantastic: The Systemic Obfuscation of Fantasy
- Unknown. The Nine Billion Names of Fantasy... and an Encyclopedia of Other Concerns
- Unknown. The Odds Against Tomorrow, or, How I Spent My Summer Vacation
- Unknown. The Quarries of Time
- Unknown. The Quintessence of Science Fiction, Forged in Brunner's The Crucible of Time
- Unknown. The Sequelizer, or The Farmer Gone to Hell
- Unknown. The Sky is Appalling
- Unknown. The Sound of the City ... and the Call of the Cosmos
- Unknown. The Three Most Important Reasons Why Gary Westfahl Doesn't Compile Science Fiction Lists
- Unknown. The Undiscovered Country: The Finished and Unfinished Business of Science Fiction Research and Criticism
- Unknown. Unlucky Starr and the Omission of Venus
- Unknown. What Is a Science Fiction Magazine? And Why on Earth Are They Still Around?
- Unknown. When Few Are Chosen: On Science Fiction and the Novella
- Unknown. Who Didn't Kill Horror?
- Unknown. Why Science Fiction (Thank Goodness!) Still Doesn't Get Any Respect
- Unknown. Why Science Fiction Fears the Future
- Unknown. Why the Stars Are Silent: The Decline and Fall of the Science Fiction Monomyth (and, Incidentally, the Human Race)
- Unknown. Wisdom and Clemency: The Collaborations of Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd
- Unknown. Words of Wishdom: The Neologisms of Science Fiction
- Unknown. Wrangling Conversation: Linguistic Patterns in the Dialogues of Heroes and Villains
- Unknown. Zen and the Art of Mario Mantenance: Cycles of Death and Rebirth in Video Games and Children's Subliterature
- 1996. Against Agoraphobia: Confronting the Idea of Marketplaces
- 1996. Introduction (Science Fiction and Market Realities)
- 1996. Introduction (Science Fiction and Market Realities)
- 1997. "You don't know what you are talking about": Robert A. Heinlein and the Racism of American Science Fiction
- 2000. The True Frontier: Confronting and Avoiding Realities of Space in American Science Fiction Films
- 2002. Doctors' Ordeals: The Sector General Stories of James White
- 2002. Introduction: Of Plagues, Predictions, and Physicians
- 2005. Hard Science Fiction
- 2009. Hugo Gernsback (1884-1967)
- 2009. Introduction (The Other Side of the Sky: An Annotated Bibliography of Space Stations in Science Fiction, 1869-1993)
- 2010. 2010: The Year We Lower Our Expectations
- 2011. Computer Science on the Planet Krypton
- 2012. Back to the Egg: The Prequels to A Song of Ice and Fire
- 2014. "The Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and Edgar Allan Poe Type of Story": Hugo Gernsback's History of Science Fiction
- 2014. The Marketplace
- 2015. The Mightiest Machine: The Development of American Science Fiction from the 1920s to the 1960s
Interviews
Magazine Editor
Non-fiction
- Unknown. Arthur C. Clarke
- Unknown. Cosmic Engineers: A Study of Hard Science Fiction
- Unknown. Foods of the Gods: Eating and the Eaten in Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Unknown. Foods of the Gods: Eating and the Eaten in Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Unknown. Hugo Gernsback and the Century of Science Fiction
- Unknown. Immortal Engines: Life Extension and Immortality in Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Unknown. Immortal Engines: Life Extension and Immortality in Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Unknown. Islands in the Sky: The Space Station Theme in Science Fiction Literature
- Unknown. No Cure for the Future: Disease and Medicine in Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Unknown. No Cure for the Future: Disease and Medicine in Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Unknown. Nursery Realms: Children in the Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
- Unknown. Nursery Realms: Children in the Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
- Unknown. Science Fiction and Market Realities
- Unknown. Science Fiction and Market Realities
- Unknown. Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future: Essays on Foresight and Fallacy
- Unknown. Science Fiction and the Two Cultures: Essays on Bridging the Gap Between the Sciences and the Humanities
- Unknown. Science Fiction and the Two Cultures: Essays on Bridging the Gap Between the Sciences and the Humanities
- Unknown. Science Fiction Quotations: From the Inner Mind to the Outer Limits
- Unknown. Science Fiction, Canonization, Marginalization, and the Academy
- Unknown. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy (set)
- Unknown. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders: Volume 1
- Unknown. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders: Volume 2
- Unknown. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders: Volume 3
- Unknown. The Mechanics of Wonder: The Creation of the Idea in Science Fiction
- Unknown. The Science of Fiction and the Fiction of Science: Collected Essays on SF Storytelling and the Gnostic Imagination
- Unknown. Unearthly Visions: Approaches to Science Fiction and Fantasy Art
- Unknown. Unearthly Visions: Approaches to Science Fiction and Fantasy Art
- Unknown. Worlds Enough and Time
- Unknown. Worlds Enough and Time
- 2000. Space and Beyond: The Frontier Theme in Science Fiction
- 2000. Science Fiction, Children's Literature, and Popular Culture: Coming of Age in Fantasyland
- 2005. World Weavers: Globalization, Science Fiction, and the Cybernetic Revolution
- 2009. The Other Side of the Sky: An Annotated Bibliography of Space Stations in Science Fiction, 1869-1993
- 2012. The Spacesuit Film: A History, 1918-1969
- 2013. William Gibson
- 2016. An Alien Abroad: Science Fiction Columns from Interzone
- 2018. Bridges to Science Fiction and Fantasy: Outstanding Essays from the J. Lloyd Eaton Conferences
- 2019. The Rise and Fall of American Science Fiction, from the 1920s to the 1960s
- 2019. Science Fiction and the Dismal Science: Essays on Economics in and of the Genre
- 2021. Science Fiction Literature Through History: An Encyclopedia
- 2021. Science Fiction Literature Through History: An Encyclopedia: Volume 1
- 2021. Science Fiction Literature Through History: An Encyclopedia: Volume 2
- 2023. Jules Verne Lives!: Essays on His Works and Legacy
Reviews
- Unknown. A Handful of Stars
- Unknown. Arthur C. Clarke
- Unknown. Battlestation
- Unknown. Cosmic Engineers: A Study of Hard Science Fiction
- Unknown. Cosmic Engineers: A Study of Hard Science Fiction
- Unknown. Cosmic Engineers: A Study of Hard Science Fiction
- Unknown. Cosmic Engineers: A Study of Hard Science Fiction
- Unknown. Full Spectrum 4
- Unknown. Islands in the Sky: The Space Station Theme in Science Fiction Literature
- Unknown. Islands in the Sky: The Space Station Theme in Science Fiction Literature
- Unknown. Lightpaths
- Unknown. Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card
- Unknown. N-Space
- Unknown. Nursery Realms: Children in the Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
- Unknown. Requiem: New Collected Works by Robert A. Heinlein and Tributes to the Grand Master
- Unknown. Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future: Essays on Foresight and Fallacy
- Unknown. Science Fiction Quotations
- Unknown. Science Fiction Quotations: From the Inner Mind to the Outer Limits
- Unknown. Science Fiction Quotations: From the Inner Mind to the Outer Limits
- Unknown. Science Fiction, Canonization, and the Academy
- Unknown. Science Fiction, Canonization, Marginalization, and the Academy
- Unknown. Science Fiction, Canonization, Marginalization, and the Academy
- Unknown. Science Fiction, Children's Literature, and Popular Culture: Coming of Age in Fantasyland
- Unknown. Second Star
- Unknown. Space and Beyond: The Frontier Theme in Science Fiction
- Unknown. Space and Beyond: The Frontier Theme in Science Fiction
- Unknown. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Unknown. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Unknown. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Unknown. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy (set)
- Unknown. The Mechanics of Wonder
- Unknown. The Spacesuit Film: A History, 1918-1969
- Unknown. Understanding Contemporary American Science Fiction: The Age of Maturity, 1970-2000
- Unknown. Vanguard
- Unknown. William Gibson
- Unknown. William Gibson
- Unknown. Worlds Enough and Time
- 2005. Science Fiction Quotations: From the Inner Mind to the Outer Limits
- 2013. William Gibson
- 2018. Bridges to Science Fiction and Fantasy: Outstanding Essays from the J. Lloyd Eaton Conferences
Awards
- 0000. Arthur C. Clarke - Locus Poll Award, Best Non-Fiction (Nomination)
- 0000. The Rise and Fall of American Science Fiction, from the 1920s to the 1960s - Locus Poll Award, Best Non-Fiction (Nomination)
- 0000. Science Fiction Quotations: From the Inner Mind to the Outer Limits - Hugo Award, Best Related Book (Nomination)
- 0000. Por qué callan las estrellas - Premio Ignotus, Mejor artículo - Best Article (Nomination)
- 0000. Space and Beyond: The Frontier Theme in Science Fiction - Locus Poll Award, Best Non-Fiction (Nomination)
Genres/Themes:
- Essays on Robert Heinlein (3 books)
- about science fiction (2 books)
- Essays on Arthur C. Clarke (1 book)
- space station (1 book)
- Essays on Orson Scott Card (1 book)
- pacifism (1 book)