Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction 2008.pdf

THE WESLEYAN EARLY CLASSICS OF
SCIENCE FICTION SERIES
General editor
Arthur B. Evans
The Centenarian The Twentieth Century
Honore de Balzac Albert Robida .
Cosmos Latinos: An Anthology of Science The World as It Shall Be
Fiction from Latin America and Spain Emile Souvestre
Andrea L. Bell and Yolanda Molina•
Gavilan, eds. Star Maker Colonialism
Olaf Stapled on
Caesar's Column: A Story of the
Twentieth Century The Begum's Millions
Ignatius Donnelly Jules Verne and the EMERGENCE of
Subterranean Worlds: A Critical Invasion of the Sea
Anthology Jules Verne
Peter Fitting, ed.
The Kip Brothers
Lumen Jules Verne ienee Fieti
Camille Flammarion
The Mighty Orinoco
The Last Man Jules Verne
Jean-Baptiste Cousin de Grainville
The Mysterious Island
The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction Jules Verne
Justine Larbalestier
H. G. Wells: Traversing Time
The Yellow Wave: A Romance of the W. Warren Wagar
Asiatic Invasion ofAustralia
h Mackay Star Begotten
H. G. Wells
The Moon Pool
A. Merritt Deluge
Sydney Fowler Wright
Colonialism and the Emergence of
Science Fiction John Rieder
John Rieder
wesleyan university press
middletown, connecticut
Published by Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT 06459 To David F. Rieder, who gave me science fiction;
press and, with love, to Cristina hilega
© 2008 by John Rieder
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Rieder, John.
Colonialism and the emergence of science fiction I John Rieder.
p. cm. - (The Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8195-6873-1 (cloth: alk. paper)
ISBN-lO: 0-8195-6873-2 (cloth: alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8195-6874-8 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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