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(2016) The history of science fiction, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
The obvious place to begin a critical history of science fiction is with a definition of its topic. This, though, is no easy matter. Many critics have offered definitions of SF, and the resulting critical discourse is a divergent and contested field. One approach that has proved influential amongst critics of the genre is that of Darko Suvin, who calls SF.
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DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-56957-8_1
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Roberts, A. (2016). Definitions, in The history of science fiction, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1-23.