Damon Knight's guest of honor address, AggieCon IX, 1978.

Damon Knight reminisces about the science fiction scene and publishing industry in the 1930s and 1950s, and compares it with the present. He criticizes the state of science fiction with its incorporation of potentially threatening ideas from recent radical movements. Placing science fiction in histo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Knight, Damon, 1922-2002
Corporate Author: AggieCon
Format: Conference Proceeding Cassette Audio Book
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1978.
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