![]() ![]() Publishing houses (Arkham House), editors (Judy-Lynn del Rey), and critics (Kingsley Amis) have entries, as do comic book writers, artists, and publishers. The movie known to monster-movie fans as Godzilla is listed as Gojira (a transliteration of its Japanese title), but there are adequate cross-references. Individual novels, even such seminal ones as Stranger in a Strange Land and War of the Worlds, do not get separate entries, but 544 motion pictures, 34 filmmakers, and 96 TV shows do. The Japanese film industry, which owned the monster-movie market for years, is relegated to a few paragraphs in the article Japan. This focus is probably inevitable given the anglophone domination of the field, but it has its drawbacks. Science fiction in 27 different countries is covered in separate articles, which helps to balance the collection's strong U.S.-U.K. Sixty-five scientific or sf jargon terms are defined. A list of these topics is found in the introduction. ![]() There are 212 topical entries, including Robots, Time Travel, and Cyberpunk. Included besides mainstream writers of science fiction, horror, and fantasy are such authors as H. Approximately 2,900 of them are for authors. Gathers information about science fiction history, publishers, authors, motion pictures, novels, concepts, and themes Editorial Reviews From Booklist Extensively revised from the 1979 edition, this edition has been expanded from 2,800 to more than 4,300 entries. ![]()
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