Publication: Understanding Science Fiction

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Publication: Understanding Science FictionPublication Record # 267631
Author: Michael A. Banks
Date: 1982-00-00
ISBN: 0-382-29074-7 [978-0-382-29074-9]
Publisher: Silver Burdett Press
Price:
$10.24^?$: US dollar
Pages: xi+180
Format:
tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
Type: NONFICTION
Webpages: archive.org
Notes:
- No date other than copyright year.
- No printing line.
- Price & format from Locus #257 (June 1982)
- Remaining data from Internet Archive scan
- LCCN per copyright page
- Includes several stories interlaced with analysis. Bulk of book is non-fiction and stories are presented to discuss analysis and concepts in book. Therefore, leaving type as nonfiction.
External IDs:
- LCCN: 80-53720
- OCLC/WorldCat: 8623666
- Reginald-3: 17337

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Nonfiction Title: Understanding Science Fiction • nonfiction by Michael A. Banks

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117 • Horseless Carriage • (1978) • short story by Michael A. Banks
128 • Personal Programs • short fiction by Michael A. Banks and Ralph Roberts
133 • Keep Off the Grass • short fiction by Michael A. Banks and George Wagner
138 • A Crack in the Wall • short fiction by Michael A. Banks

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