The Science of Fiction and the Fiction of Science
Collected Essays on SF Storytelling and the Gnostic Imagination
Frank
McConnell
Edited by Gary Westfahl. Series Editors Donald E. Palumbo and C.W. Sullivan III
Foreword by Neil Gaiman ISBN
978-0-7864-3722-1
notes, bibliographies, index
232pp.
softcover
2009
Description
A member of the Pulitzer Prize jury, the late Frank McConnell helped science fiction gain standing as serious literature. His 16 essays herein were first presented as papers at the prestigious Eaton Conferences. Initially believing that science fiction is primarily one of many forms of storytelling, McConnell gradually recognized science fiction as a modern expression of Gnosticism, rejecting bodily concerns for an emphasis on spirituality.
About the Author
Frank McConnell (1942–1999) was a professor of English at Northwestern University and the University of California, Santa Barbara. He wrote a regular column on the media for Commonweal magazine, and his voluminous body of work included four detective novels and a number of academic books.
Gary Westfahl teaches at the University of California, Riverside. A prolific writer and editor, he earned the Science Fiction Research Association’s Pilgrim Award for his lifetime contributions to science fiction and fantasy scholarship.
Donald E. Palumbo is a professor of English at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. He lives in Greenville.
C.W. Sullivan III is in the English department at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.
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