Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology [Paperback]

Presents a chronological survey of this genre from the beginnings of modern science and technology to the present.An invaluable contribution to the serious study of science fiction as well as a highly entertaining collection,Science Fictioncontains 27 chronologically-arranged stories and excerpts, ranging from such early classic works as Swift'sGulliver's Travelsand Shelley'sFrankensteinto recent stories such as Harlan Ellison's I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream and Ursula K. Le Guin's Vaster Than Empires and More Slow. Including brief general essays and a separate introduction to each individual story or excerpt, Rabkin's anthology greatly illuminates the evolution of the genre.