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Future Perfect: Anerican Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century - An Anthology » (1st Edition)

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Authors: H. Bruce Franklin
ISBN-13: 9780813521527, ISBN-10: 0813521521
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Date Published: January 1995
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: H. Bruce Franklin

Book Synopsis

In this first new edition since 1978, H. Bruce Franklin has made major revisions and additions, including a new section displaying remarkable contributions to science fiction by nineteenth-century American women. Future Perfect now offers a stunning perspective on the relevance of nineteenth-century science fiction in the dawn of the twenty-first century, illustrated by wonderfully enjoyable stories by obscure figures and by well-known authors.

Table of Contents

Introduction1
Nathaniel Hawthorne and Science Fiction7
The Birthmark23
The Artist of the Beautiful39
Rappaccini's Daughter61
Edgar Allan Poe and Science Fiction87
A Tale of the Ragged Mountains96
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar106
Mellonta Tauta115
Automata131
Herman Melville and Science Fiction134
The Bell-Tower140
Humans as Machines154
Dr. Materialismus156
Marvelous Inventions173
The Atoms of Chladni175
Medicine Men202
Jack London and Science Fiction204
A Thousand Deaths211
Into the Psyche220
Thomas Wentworth Higginson and His Dreamer223
The Monarch of Dreams226
Ambrose Bierce and Science Fiction240
A Psychological Shipwreck242
Space Travel246
Washington Irving and Science Fiction249
The Men of the Moon251
Edward Bellamy and Science Fiction255
The Blindman's World261
Fitz-James O'Brien and Science Fiction277
The Diamond Lens285
Dimensional Speculation as Science Fiction307
Four-Dimensional Space309
From "Four-Dimensional Space"311
Women's Work312
From Man's Rights; Or, How Would You Like It?317
From Mizora: A Prophecy337
Time Travel360
Beyond the Past362
Christmas 200,000 B.C.365
Mark Twain and Science Fiction370
From the "London Times" of 1904376
The Perfect Future386
In the Year Ten Thousand389

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