Fortean Influence on Science Fiction

Charles Fort and the Evolution of the Genre

AvTanner F. Boyle,Donald E. Palumbo

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Charles Fort was an American researcher from the early twentieth century who cataloged reports of unexplained phenomena he found in newspapers and science journals. A minor bestseller with a cult appeal, Fort's work was posthumously republished in the pulp science fiction magazine Astounding Stories in 1934. His idiosyncratic books fascinated, scared, and entertained readers, many of them authors and editors of science fiction. Fort's work prophesied the paranormal mainstays of SF literature to come: UFOs, poltergeists, strange disappearances, cryptids, ancient mysteries, unexplained natural phenomena, and everything in between. Science fiction authors latched on to Fort's topics and hypotheses as perfect fodder for SF stories. Writers like Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, Robert Heinlein, H.P. Lovecraft, and others are examined in this exploration of Fortean science fiction--a genre that borrows from the reports and ideas of Fort and others who saw the possible science-fictional nature of our reality.

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-12-23
Mått:152 x 229 x 10 mm
Vikt:263 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Antal sidor:188
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9781476677408

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Tanner F. Boyle is a writer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania whose areas of research include science fiction, anomalistic literature, folklore, and religious literature.

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“an engrossing and eye-opening book”—Fortean Times

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Table of ContentsKey AbbreviationsPrefaceIntroduction: The Damned Facts1. A Fortean Emergence: The Early SF/Forteana Relationship2. Defining Maybe-fiction3. Lo! Forteana! Early Fortean SF Authors4. Fort’s Further Pulpy History: The Editors and the Historians5. Continuation of Cosmic Dread: A Fortean Analysis of Arthur C. Clarke6. Forteana and Religious Experience: A Fortean Analysis of Philip K. Dick7. A Hard-Headed, Commonsensical Fortean: A Fortean Analysis of Robert A. Heinlein8. Conspiracy and Forteana: A Fortean Analysis of Robert Anton Wilson9. A Procession of the Damned: Fortean Footnotes10. AfterthoughtsChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

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Fortean Influence on Science Fiction

Charles Fort and the Evolution of the Genre

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Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-12-23
Mått:152 x 229 x 10 mm
Vikt:263 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Antal sidor:188
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9781476677408

Utforska kategorier

Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Tanner F. Boyle is a writer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania whose areas of research include science fiction, anomalistic literature, folklore, and religious literature.

Recensioner i media

“an engrossing and eye-opening book”—Fortean Times

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsKey AbbreviationsPrefaceIntroduction: The Damned Facts1. A Fortean Emergence: The Early SF/Forteana Relationship2. Defining Maybe-fiction3. Lo! Forteana! Early Fortean SF Authors4. Fort’s Further Pulpy History: The Editors and the Historians5. Continuation of Cosmic Dread: A Fortean Analysis of Arthur C. Clarke6. Forteana and Religious Experience: A Fortean Analysis of Philip K. Dick7. A Hard-Headed, Commonsensical Fortean: A Fortean Analysis of Robert A. Heinlein8. Conspiracy and Forteana: A Fortean Analysis of Robert Anton Wilson9. A Procession of the Damned: Fortean Footnotes10. AfterthoughtsChapter NotesBibliographyIndex