San Antonio College Library

"Over the centuries the starry night sky has inspired scientists and poets alike, and though the fruits of these inspirations take very different forms, they often enrich each other. Acclaimed science writer David Levy, codiscoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and science editor of Parade magazine, traces the works of great poets - Shakespeare, Milton, Keats, Shelley, and others - and shows how they were influenced not only by the beauty of the heavens...

First published in 1951, Arnold Hauser's commanding work presents an account of the development and meaning of art, from its origins in the Stone Age through to the "Film Age." This new edition of a classic work explores historical and social movements and the effects these have had on the production of art--the centrality of class and class struggle, the cultural roles of ideologies and the determining influence of modes of economic development....

Note chapter 7: The bright illusion: the feminine mystique in cience fiction, pp. 171-200.

This book explores the responses to science displayed in a range of writings by American women. Conceding that they could not become scientists, women insisted, however, that they were capable of understanding science and participating in its discourse. They used their access to publishing to advocate the study and transmission of scientific information to the general public. Baym's book includes biographies and a full exploration of these women's...

Following a chapter offering a historical perspective of women characters in science fiction, beginning with the 1818 publication of Frankenstein, King provides reading lists and annotations of a variety of science fiction series, novellas and novels.

Discusses the work of Edgar Allan Poe, Ursula K. Le Guin, Charles Brockden Brown, Stanislaw Lem, Mark Twain, Herman Melville, Kurt Vonnegut, and others.