Why isn't science fiction winning any literary awards?
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| Title: | Why isn't science fiction winning any literary awards? |
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| Authors: | Robinson, Kim Stanley |
| Source: | New Scientist. 9/19/2009, Vol. 203 Issue 2726, p46-49. 4p. |
| Subjects: | Science fiction, Authors, Literary prizes, British literature, Stapledon, Olaf, 1886-1950, Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 |
| Geographic Terms: | United Kingdom |
| Abstract: | The author emphasizes the minor injustice facing science fiction books and authors for their failure to win literary awards. The author relates how Virginia Woolf admired the science fiction works of Olaf Stapledon and how her love for science fiction affected her writing. The author outlines some of the outstanding science fiction writers in Great Britain. The author encourages scientifically literate people to read science fiction. |
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| Abstract: | The author emphasizes the minor injustice facing science fiction books and authors for their failure to win literary awards. The author relates how Virginia Woolf admired the science fiction works of Olaf Stapledon and how her love for science fiction affected her writing. The author outlines some of the outstanding science fiction writers in Great Britain. The author encourages scientifically literate people to read science fiction. |
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| ISSN: | 02624079 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/S0262-4079(09)62496-9 |
