Full name: In search of wonder: essays on modern science fiction

Author: Damon Knight Year: 1956 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Essays Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781539833697 1539833690

In the decade from 1951 to 1960 Damon Knight was the outstanding critic of science fiction books. His reviews were not mere statements of his personal preferences. His skillful essays told why they were good or bad. Similar books: The Jewel-Hinged Jaw by Samuel R. Delany New maps of hell by Kingsley Amis The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of by Thomas M. Disch The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction by Edward James To Write Like a Woman by Joanna Russ Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell Longer Views by Samuel R. Delany Billion Year Spree by Brian Aldiss The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow by Cory Doctorow An Informal History of the Hugos by Jo Walton What Makes This Book So Great by Jo Walton Trillion Year Spree by Brian Aldiss The Language of the Night by Ursula K. Le Guin Habitations of the Word by William H. Gass Halls of Fame by John D'Agata Inside The Whale And Other Essays by George Orwell The Purloined Clinic by Janet Malcolm The Wet Collection by Joni Tevis The Next American Essay by John D'Agata Forewords and Afterwords by W. H. Auden