Most favorited content. Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels. Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, An English-Language Selection, 1949-1984 is a nonfiction book by David Pringle, published by Xanadu in 1985.[1] The foreword is by Michael Moorcock. Primarily the book comprises 100 short essays on the selected works, covered in order of publication, without any ranking.
It is considered an important critical summary of the science fiction field.[2][3][4] Scope[edit] In the introduction Pringle offers the working definition, "Science fiction is a form of fantastic fiction which exploits the imaginative perspectives of modern science. " Within fantastic fiction he distinguishes science fiction from "Supernatural Horror" and "Heroic Fantasy". In contrast, science fiction has a real world setting and "fantastic developments which are explicable in terms of the scientific world-view. " The time period covered is approximately that for science fiction as a category of book publication, although the selected books were not all published in that category.[8] 30 Things Every Woman Should Have and Should Know by the Time She's 30: Obsessed: Entertainment. Ten Most. The 100 Best, Most Interesting Blogs and Websites of 2012 (Categorized)
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