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title	:	Mindscapes, the Geographies of Imagined Worlds Alternatives
author	:	Slusser, George Edgar.
publisher	:	Southern Illinois University Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0809314541
print isbn13	:	9780809314546
ebook isbn13	:	9780585186573
language	:	English
subject	Fantasy literature--History and criticism--Congresses, Science fiction--History and criticism--Congresses, Imaginary places in literature--Congresses.
publication date	:	1989
lcc	:	PN3435.M55 1989eb
ddc	:	809.3/876
subject	:	Fantasy literature--History and criticism--Congresses, Science fiction--History and criticism--Congresses, Imaginary places in literature--Congresses.

Page ii ALTERNATIVES is a series under the general editorship of Eric S. Rabkin, Martin H. Greenberg, and Joseph D. Olander which has been established to serve the growing critical audience of science fiction, fantastic fiction, and speculative fiction. Other titles from the Eaton Conference are: Bridges to Science Fiction, edited by George E. Slusser, George R. Guffey, and Mark Rose, 1980 Bridges to Fantasy, edited by George E. Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin, and Robert Scholes, 1982 Coordinates: Placing Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by George E. Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin, and Robert Scholes, 1983 Shadows of the Magic Lamp: Fantasy and Science Fiction in Film, edited by George E. Slusser and Eric S. Rabkin, 1985 Hard Science Fiction, edited by George E. Slusser and Eric S. Rabkin, 1986 Storm Warnings: Science Fiction Confronts the Future, edited by George E. Slusser, Colin Greenland, and Eric S. Rabkin, 1987 Intersections: Fantasy and Science Fiction, edited by George E. Slusser and Eric S. Rabkin, 1987 Aliens: The Anthropology of Science Fiction, edited by George E. Slusser and Eric S. Rabkin, 1987

Page iii Mindscapes the Geographies of Imagined Worlds Edited by George E. Slusser and Eric S. Rabkin Southern Illinois University Press Carbondale and Edwardsville

Page iv Copyright 1989 by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Designed by Quentin Fiore Production supervised by Linda Jorgensen-Buhman 92 91 90 89 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mindscapes: the geographies of imagined worlds/edited by George E. Slusser and Eric S. Rabkin. p. cm. (Alternatives) Essays presented at the Ninth Annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature held Apr. 1012, 1987, at the University of California, Riverside. Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-8093-1454-1 1. Fantastic literatureHistory and criticismCongresses. 2. Science fictionHistory and criticismCongresses. 3. Geographical myths in literatureCongresses. I. Slusser, George Edgar. II. Rabkin, Eric S. III. Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature (9th: 1987: University of California, Riverside) IV. Series. PN3435. M55 1989 809.3'876dc19 88-18299 CIP The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.

Page v CONTENTS Acknowledgments vii Introduction: The Concept of Mindscape George E. Slusser and Eric S. Rabkin ix Premises 1. Nature: Laws and Surprises Poul Anderson 3 2. The Survival of Myth in Science Fiction Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty 16 3. "The Swelling Act": The Psychoanalytic Geography of Fantasy Ronald J. Heckelman 34 4. Metaphorical DriveOr Why We're Such Good Liars David Brin 60 5. The Playing Fields of Eden Frank McConnell 78 6. Bookscapes: Science Fiction in the Library of Babel George E. Slusser 88 Mappings 7. Belief and Other Worlds: Ktesias and the Founding of the "Indian Wonders" James Romm 121 8. Universal Mindscape: The Gaia Hypothesis in Science Fiction Jack G. Voller 136

Page vi 9. Recent Feminist Utopias: World Building and Strategies for Social Change Peter Fitting 155 10. Time and Vast Eternities: Landscapes of Immortality in Orson Scott Card's Fiction Michael R. Collings 164 11. Avenues of Power: Cities as the Mindscapes of Politics Pascal J. Thomas 174 12. The Two Landscapes of J. G. Ballard's Concrete Island Reinhart Lutz 185

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