• Publication: Heterocosms: Science Fiction in Context and PracticePublication Record # 357001
• Author: Brian Stableford
• Date: 2007-02-18
• ISBN: 0-8095-1907-0 [978-0-8095-1907-1]
• Publisher: Borgo Press / Wildside Press
• Pub. Series: I. O. Evans Studies in the Philosophy and Criticism of Literature
• Pub. Series #: 39
• Price:
  $19.95^?$: US dollar
• Pages: 272
• 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

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 5 • Introduction (Heterocosms) • essay by Brian Stableford
• 11 • The Last Chocolate Bar and the Majesty of Truth: Reflections on the Concept of "Hardness" in Science Fiction • (1994) • essay by Brian Stableford
• 52 • How Should a Science Fiction Story End? • (1995) • essay by Brian Stableford
• 81 • The Third Generation of Genre Science Fiction • (1996) • essay by Brian Stableford
• 95 • Deus Ex Machina; or, How to Achieve a Perfect Science-Fictional Climax • (1996) • essay by Brian Stableford
• 117 • Biotechnology and Utopia • (2000) • essay by Brian Stableford
• 134 • Far Futures • (2001) • essay by Brian Stableford
• 164 • How Should a Science Fiction Story Begin? • (2001) • essay by Brian Stableford
• 186 • The Discovery of Secondary Worlds: Notes on the Aesthetics and Methodology of Heterocosmic Creativity • (2004) • essay by Brian Stableford
• 230 • Notes and References • essay by Brian Stableford