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title	:	Hard Science Fiction Alternatives
author	:	Slusser, George Edgar.
publisher	:	Southern Illinois University Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0809312344
print isbn13	:	9780809312344
ebook isbn13	:	9780585186559
language	:	English
subject	Science fiction--Congresses.
publication date	:	1986
lcc	:	PN3433.2.H37 1986eb
ddc	:	809.3/876
subject	:	Science fiction--Congresses.

Page ii 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 in this series are: Bridges to Science Fiction, edited by George E. Slusser, George R. Guffey, and Mark Rose, 1980 The Science Fiction of Mark Clifton, edited by Barry N. Malzberg and Martin H. Greenberg, 1980 Fantastic Lives: Autobiographical Essays by Notable Science Fiction Writers, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, 1981 Astounding Science Fiction: July 1939, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, 1981 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: April 1965, edited by Edward L. Ferman, 1981 The Fantastic Stories of Cornell Woolrich, edited by Charles G. Waugh and Martin H. Greenberg, 1981 The Best Science Fiction of Arthur Conan Doyle, edited by Charles G. Waugh and Martin H. Greenberg, 1981 Bridges to Fantasy, edited by George E. Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin, and Robert Scholes, 1982 The End of the World, edited by Eric S. Rabkin, Martin H. Greenberg, and Joseph D. Olander, 1983 No Place Else: Explorations in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction, edited by Eric S. Rabkin, Martin H. Greenberg, and Joseph D. Olander, 1983 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

Page iii Hard Science Fiction Edited by George E. Slusser and Eric S. Rabkin Southern Illinois University Press Carbondale and Edwardsville

Page iv Copyright 1986 by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Edited by Dan Seiters Production supervised by Kathleen Giencke 89 88 87 86 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Hard science fiction. (Alternatives) Proceedings of the fifth Eaton Conference on Fantasy and Science Fiction, held April 910, 1983, at the University of California, Riverside. Includes index. 1. Science fictionCongresses. I. Slusser, George Edgar. II. Rabkin, Eric S. III. Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature (5th: 1983: University of California, Riverside) IV. Series. PN3433.2.H37 1986 809.3'876 8427644 ISBN 0-8093-1234-4

Page v Contents Introduction George E. Slusser and Eric S. Rabkin vii When Science Writes the Fiction Dr. Robert L. Forward 1 Running Out of Speculative Niches: A Crisis for Hard Science Fiction? David Brin 8 Sturgeon's Law: First Corollary Frank McConnell 14 The Unconscious City Eric S. Rabkin 24 Hard-Core Science Fiction and the Illusion of Science John Huntington 45 What Makes Hard Science Fiction "Hard?" David Clayton 58 The Readers of Hard Science Fiction James Gunn 70 Is There a Technological Fix for the Human Condition? Gregory Benford 82 Thomas Burnet's Sacred Theory of the Earth and the Aesthetics of Extrapolation Paul Alkon 99 The Language of the Future in Victorian Science Fiction Herbert Sussman 121 Science and Scientism in C.S. Lewis's That Hideous Strength Michael Collings 131

Page vi "You Can Write Science Fiction if You Want To" Paul A. Carter 141 Artificial Intelligence: Wild Imaginary Worlds, Wilder Realities Patricia S. Warrick 152 Noise, Information, and Statistics in Stanislaw Lem's The Investigation George R. Guffey 164 The Cybernetic Paradigms of Stanislaw Lem Robert M. Philmus 177 The Ideal Worlds of Science Fiction George E. Slusser 214 Notes

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