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Joseph Ward Moore (August 10, 1903 – January 29, 1978) was an American science fiction writer. According to The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, "he contributed only infrequently to the field, [but] each of his books became something of a classic." [1]
Encyclopedia of Arkansas: English Project of the Central Arkansas Library System and is the only U.S. state encyclopedia sponsored by a public library Free Encyclopedia of Chicago: English Free Encyclopedia Virginia: English Encyclopedia funded by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Library of Virginia, covering topics on Virginia: Free
Science Fiction Literature through History: An Encyclopedia is a 2021 reference work written by science fiction scholar Gary Westfahl and published by ABC-Clio/Greenwood.The book contains eight essays on the history of science fiction, eleven thematic essays on how different topics relate to science fiction, and 250 entries on various science fiction subgenres, authors, works, and motifs.
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy (sometimes named The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1968) is a three volume reference work on science fiction and fantasy, edited by Donald H. Tuck and published by Advent. Volume 1 (Who's Who, A-L) was published in 1974. Volume 2 (Who's Who, M-Z) was published in 1978.
The Oxford American, a quarterly journal of Southern culture once supported by John Grisham and now published by the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. The Natural Tale , a quarterly online journal of Arkansas-exclusive fiction and art.
John Wood Campbell Jr. (June 8, 1910 – July 11, 1971) was an American science fiction writer and editor. He was editor of Astounding Science Fiction (later called Analog Science Fiction and Fact) from late 1937 until his death and was part of the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
Rebecca Parish [1] was born in Conway, Arkansas, in 1971. [2] She was adopted as a child by white parents, and raised in northern Texas. She has said that "being a black and Native kid in Fort Worth in the '70s and '80s was pretty limiting"; thus, she turned to reading and writing, especially science fiction, as a form of escape.
Many of the most enduring science fiction tropes were established in Golden Age literature. Space opera came to prominence with the works of E. E. "Doc" Smith; Isaac Asimov established the canonical Three Laws of Robotics beginning with the 1941 short story "Runaround"; the same period saw the writing of genre classics such as the Asimov's Foundation and Smith's Lensman series.