Decades of Science Fiction

Overview:

  • Title: Decades of Science Fiction
  • Author: Applewhite Minyard
  • Year: 1997
  • ISBN-10: 0844259942
  • Publisher: NTC Publishing Group
  • Price: $26.95
  • Pages: xvi+557
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: That Only a Mother
  • Notes:
    • Student edition, the Instructor's edition contains a 72-page manual bound in with ISBN 0-8442-5995-0 • First printing by number line 7 8 9 0 1 VL 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 though © is 1998 • Month and price from Locus1, neither in/on book • "Cover illustration: François Robert" on copyright page, no visible signature on the artwork which is repeated as a frontispiece in B&W and on each chapter's title page • Each chapter concerns a single decade from Through World War I to The Nineties, each is prefaced by an essay with sections: Timeline; Historical Context; Developments in Science Fiction; Science Fiction in Other Media [except for chapter 1], noted in the contents as single essays • Each story is preceded by a titled Author bio and each has Discussion Questions and Writing Topics at the end • Every paragraph of every story is numbered [tie-in to teaching manual] • $37.95 in Canada, from a publisher's barcode sticker