CLOCKWORKS : A Multimedia Bibliography of Works Useful for the Study of the Human - Machine Interface in Sf

Erlich, Richard D. and Thomas P. Dunn, compilers

ISBN 10: 0313273057 / ISBN 13: 9780313273056

Published by Westport, Connecticut/London:, 1993

About this Item

First edition. Fine in blue cloth with silver titles on a black panel; without dust jacket, as issued. Octavo. 324 pages; author and keyword indexes. This volume provides an annotated list of works related to the interaction of humans and machines in SF, a field which includes science fiction, some fantasy and horror, and related types of speculative works. Though the book focuses on works produced in English between 1895 and 1990, foreign language material and works produced before 1895 and after 1990 are included as well. The reference contains works in a range of media, with entries grouped in chapters on literature, literary criticism, drama and dramatic criticism, graphic and plastic arts, music, and background. Each entry includes an annotation that overviews the significance of the human/machine interface in the work cited. The usefulness of the work is increased by the thorough author, title, and keyword and theme indexes. Bibliographies and Indexes in World Literature, Number 37.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CLOCKWORKS : A Multimedia Bibliography of Works Useful for the Study of the Human - Machine Interface in Sf
• Publisher: Westport, Connecticut/London:
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0313273057
• ISBN 13: 9780313273056
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

This volume provides an annotated list of works related to the interaction of humans and machines in SF, a field which includes science fiction, some fantasy and horror, and related types of speculative works. Though the book focuses on works produced in English between 1895 and 1990, foreign language material and works produced before 1895 and after 1990 are included as well. The reference contains works in a range of media, with entries grouped in chapters on literature, literary criticism, drama and dramatic criticism, graphic and plastic arts, music, and background. Each entry includes an annotation that overviews the significance of the human/machine interface in the work cited. The usefulness of the work is increased by the thorough author, title, and keyword and theme indexes.

About the Author

RICHARD D. ERLICH is Professor of English at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. His previous publications include The Mechanical God (Greenwood Press, 1982), and Clockwork Worlds (Greenwood Press, 1983).

THOMAS P. DUNN is Professor Emeritus of English at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. His previous publications include The Mechanical God (Greenwood Press, 1982), and Clockwork Worlds (Greenwood Press, 1983).