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What about Science Fiction? - brief history of Sci-Fi - cover

What about Science Fiction? - brief history of Sci-Fi

Carla Aira

Publisher: Carla Aira

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What about Science Fiction? deals  with the history of this genre, the first authors who approached it and why and supplies information about the development of a way of writing that ranges from the narration of impossible events to  anti-utopian stories and political satire. 
Available since: 03/28/2016.

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