Title: Close Encounters: The Squandered Promise of Science Fiction

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Title: Close Encounters: The Squandered Promise of Science Fiction Title Record # 126211
Author: Jonathan Lethem
Date: 1998-04-00
Type: ESSAY
Language: English

Note: Originally published in the Village Voice Literary Supplement, April 1998.

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Year	Title
1998	Why Can't We All Just Live Together? A Vision of Genre Paradise Lost
2004	The Squandered Promise of Science Fiction

Year	Language	Title
2005	Spanish	Las posibilidades desperdiciadas de la ciencia-ficción

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 1998	1998-09-00	ed. Ariel Haméon^?Ariel Hameon , David G. Hartwell, Kevin J. Maroney	Dragon Press		$3.50^?$: US dollar	24	quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag
Nebula Awards Showcase 2000	2000-04-00	ed. Gregory Benford	Harcourt	0-15-100479-X	$28.00^?$: US dollar	xxiii+ 288	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Ellen Schuster
Nebula Awards Showcase 2000	2000-04-00	ed. Gregory Benford	Harcourt	0-15-600705-3	$14.00^?$: US dollar	xxiii+ 288	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.	anth	Ellen Schuster
War of the Words	2001-10-09	Joy Press	Three Rivers Press	0-609-80853-2	$14.00^?$: US dollar	xvii+ 318	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.	non-fic
Projections: Science Fiction in Literature & Film	2004-12-00	Lou Anders	MonkeyBrain Books	1-932265-12-0	$15.95^?$: US dollar	328	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.	non-fic	John Picacio
Jabberwock 1: Anuario de ensayo fantástico	2005-10-00	Arturo Villarrubia	Bibliópolis (Bibliópolis Bolsillo #4)	84-96173-33-X	€9.95^?€: Euro	352	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	non-fic	Maciej Garbacz

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