TEACHING SCIENCE FICTION: EDUCATION FOR TOMORROW ed. JACK WILLIAMSON. Owlswick Press, 1980. Later printing. As new. Without dustjacket, as issued. STILL IN SHRINK WRAP. From the publisher's uncirculated stock. I can tell this is a later printing because the price on the back board is $17.50 and the price on the first edition was $15.00. Also, the first edition used a brown, rather than reddish ink for the cover lettering. The publisher has since died, but before he did he turned over the stock to me, so I will admit that I have more than one copy. Hence the remainder price. This is a very useful book for teachers of science fiction or people just interested in the analysis of science fiction. Williamson was not only a great pioneer of science fiction itself (his career extended from 1928 to about 2003) but instrumental in getting science fiction accepted as a subject to be taught in schools. This book is an anthology of essays. Contents:
CARL SAGAN. Preface: Science Fiction -- a Personal View. JACK WILLIAMSON: Introduction, the Infinity Connection
1. THE TOPIC:
URSULA K. LE GUIN: On Teaching Science Fiction. ISAAC ASIMOV: Science Fiction and Society, LEON STOVER: Science Fiction and the Research Revolution. ROBIN WILSON: Bridging the Gap Between Technology and the Humanities. THOMAS D. CLARESON: Science Fiction, Literary Tradition, and Intellectual History. ALEXEI AND CORY PANSHIN: Twenthieth Century Science Fiction Writers. SUSAN WOOD: Women and Science Fiction.
2. THE TEACHERS:
BARRY B. LONGYEAR: Science Fiction in the Primary School? ELIZABETH CALKINS and BARRY MCGHAN: Science Fiction in the High School. MARK R. HILLEGAS: Science Fiction in the English Department. CAROLYN WENDELL: Miss Forsyte is Dead -- Long Live the Sci Fi Lady! STANLEY SCHMIDT: Science Fiction and the Science Teacher. PATRICIA WARRICK: Science Fiction in a Computers and Society Course. LEON STOVER: Social Science Fiction. MARTIN H. GREENBERG and JOSEPH D. OLANDER: Teaching Political Science Fiction. ROBERT PLANK: Science Fiction and Psychology. ANDREW J. BURGESS: Science Fiction and Religion. ROBERT E. MYERS: Philosophic Insight Through Science Fiction: Focusing on Human Problems. KATE WILHELM: Something Happens. VONDA N. MCINTYRE: Rusty Paperclips and Personalized Rejection Slips: Opportunities for New Writers. DAVE SAMUELSON, GARY GOSHGARIAN, and DENNIS LIVINGSTON: Three Syllibi.
3. THE TOOLS:
JAMES GUNN: The Tinsel Screen: Science Fiction and the Movies. ROBERT BARTHELL: Staging a Minicon. ALEXEI AND CORI PANSHIN: A Bibliography of 20th Century Science Fiction. NEIL BARRON: Library and Reference Resources.
INDEX
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