SCIENCE FICTION REFERENCE BOOKS
An Analytic Guide to Sources in the Main Reading Room
By Evelyn Timberlake
Research Guides No. 21
1995
In addition to listing the science fiction reference books
in the Main Reading Room Reference collection, this guide
analyzes the books in order to lead readers to the best choices
for information on particular subject areas, formats, or other
distinctive features. Each of the sources analyzed is referred to
by an abbreviation or symbol.
The first part, a key to symbols, is arranged alphabetically
by symbol, with full bibliographical information and the Main
Reading Room reference collection call number given for each
source.
The second part is arranged by subject, format, or
distinctive feature with symbols of the sources providing the
information given under each heading.
SOURCES ANALYZED : A KEY TO SYMBOLS
aw Anatomy of wonder : a critical guide to science fiction
/ edited by Neil Barron. -- 3rd ed. -- New York :
Bowker, 1987. -- xii, 874 p.
Z5917.S36 A52 1987 MRR Alc
aldiss Aldiss, Brian Wilson, 1925-
Trillion year spree : the history of science fiction /
by Brian W. Aldiss ; with David Wingrove. -- 1st
American ed. -- New York : Atheneum, 1986. -- 511 p.
[16] p. of plates : ill.
Originally published in London by Weidenfeld and
Nicolson as Billion Year Spree in 1973.
Bibliography: p. [489]-490.
PR830.S35 A38 1986 MRR Alc
bleiler Science fiction writers : critical studies of the major
authors from the early nineteenth century to the
present day / E.F. Bleiler, editor. -- New York :
Scribner, c1982. -- xv, 623 p.
PS374.S35 S36 1982 MRR Alc
burgess-lc Burgess, Michael, 1948-
A guide to science fiction & fantasy in the Library of
Congress classification
scheme / Michael Burgess. -- 2nd ed. -- San Bernardino,
Calif. : Borgo Press, 1988. -- 168 p. -- (Borgo
cataloging guides ; no. 1)
Z697.F29 B87 1988 [not on reference]
burgess-ref Burgess, Michael, 1948-
Reference guide to science fiction, fantasy, and horror
/ Michael Burgess. -- Englewood, Colo. : Libraries
Unlimited, 1992. -- xv, 403 p. -- (Reference sources in
the humanities series)
Z5917.S36 B87 1992 MRR Alc
chalker Chalker, Jack L.
The science-fantasy publishers : a critical and
bibliographic history / by Jack L. Chalker & Mark
Owings. -- 3rd ed., rev. and enl. -- Westminster, Md. :
Mirage Press, 1991. -- xxviii, 744 p. : ill.
Z1231.F32 C43 1991 MRR Alc
clareson Science fiction in America, 1870s-1930s : an annotated
bibliography of primary sources / compiled by Thomas D.
Clareson. -- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1984. -
- xiv, 305 p. -- (Bibliographies and indexes in
American literature, 0742-6860 ; no. 1)
Z1231.F4 S38 1984 MRR Alc
clute The Encyclopedia of science fiction / edited by John
Clute and Peter Nicholls ; contributing editor Brian
Stableford ; technical editor, John Grant. -- New York
: St. Martin's Press, 1993. -- xxxvi, 1370 p.
PN3433.4.E53 1993 MRR Alc
cole Cole, Walter R.
A checklist of science-fiction anthologies. --
[Brooklyn? : s.n., 1964]. -- xvi, 374 p.
Z5917.S36 C6 MRR Alc
contento Contento, William.
Index to science fiction anthologies and collections /
William Contento. -- Boston : G.K. Hall, c1978-. -- v. <1-2 >. -- (A Reference publication in
science fiction)
Bibliography: v. 2, p. xii-xiv.
Z1231.F4 C65 MRR Alc
currey Currey, L.W.
Science fiction and fantasy authors : a bibliography of
first printings of their fiction and selected
nonfiction / L.W. Currey ; with the editorial
assistance of David G. Hartwell. -- Boston : G.K. Hall,
c1979. -- xxix, 571 p.
Z1231.F5 C87 MRR Alc
day Index to the science fiction magazines. -- 1926/50-
. -- [Cambridge, Mass.] : New England Science Fiction
Association.
Vols. for 1951-65 issued by MIT Science Fiction
Society ; 1966/70- by New England Science Fiction
Association.
Editors: 1926/50, D.B. Day ; 1951/65, E.S. Strauss.
Continued by The NESFA Index.
See also Index to the Science Fiction Magazines /
compiled by Jerry Boyajian and Kenneth R. Johnson. --
[Cambridge], Twaci Press, 1979-1984.
Z5917.S36 I553 MRR Alc
Z5917.S36 I54 MRR Alc
elrick Elrick, George.
Science fiction handbook for readers and writers /
George S. Elrick ; illustrated by the author ;
supplementary ill. from NASA and early Buck Rogers
comic strips. -- 1st ed. -- Chicago : Chicago Review
Press, c1978. -- 315 p. : ill.
Bibliography: p. 309-315.
PN3448.S45 E45 MRR Alc
fl Fantasy literature : a reader's guide / edited by Neil
Barron. -- New York : Garland Pub., 1990. -- xxvii, 586
p. -- (Garland reference library of the humanities ;
vol. 874)
Z5917.F3 F36 1990 MRR Alc
fletcher Fletcher, Marilyn P., 1940-
Science fiction story index, 1950-1979 / Marilyn P.
Fletcher. -- 2nd ed. -- Chicago : American Library
Association, 1981. -- xi, 610 p.
Bibliography: p. ix.
"An expanded and updated version of the Science Fiction
Story Index, 1950-1968 by Frederick Siemon."
Z5917.S36 S5 1979 MRR Alc
gunn The New encyclopedia of science fiction / edited by
James Gunn. -- New York : Viking, 1988. -- xix, 524 p.,
[8] p. of plates : ill. (some col).
PN3433.4.N48 1988 MRR Alc
hall Science fiction and fantasy reference index, 1878-1985
: an international author and subject index to history
and criticism / edited by H.W. Hall. -- Detroit : Gale
Research Co., c1987. -- 2 v. (xviii, 1460 p.).
Z5917.S36 S297 1987 MRR Alc
hall 2 Science fiction and fantasy reference index, 1985-1991
: an international author and subject index to history
and criticism / edited by Hal W. Hall. -- Englewood,
Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1993. -- xxii, 677 p.
Z5917.S36 S297 1993 MRR Alc
hall 3 Science fiction book review index / edited by H.W.
Hall. -- Detroit : Gale Research Co., c1975-1985. -- 3
v.
Title varies: v. 3, Science fiction and fantasy book
review index.
A cumulation of annual volumes published by Texas A &
M University, 1970-1983.
PN3433.S29 MRR Alc
hartwell Hartwell, David.
Author checklists and "Core list of fantasy and science
fiction bibliographies," by L.W. Currey and Marshall B.
Tymn. [Lists distributed at his LC talk in May 1992.
Copies of these lists are in the Main Reading Room
Vertical File. Please show this note to a reference
librarian when asking to see the Hartwell folder.]
justice Justice, Keith L.
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror reference : an
annotated bibliography of works about literature and
film / compiled by Keith L. Justice. -- Jefferson, N.C.
: McFarland, c1989. -- xiii, 226 p.
Z5917.S36 J86 1989 MRR Alc
lerner Lerner, Frederick Andrew, 1945-
Modern science fiction and the American literary
community / by Frederick Andrew Lerner. -- Metuchen,
N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1985. -- xviii, 325 p.
Bibliography: p. [193]-227.
PS374.S35 L4 1985 MRR Alc
magill Survey of science fiction literature : five hundred
2,000-word essay reviews of world-famous science
fiction novels with 2,500 bibliographical references /
edited by Frank N. Magill. -- Englewood Cliffs, N.J. :
Salem Press, c1979. -- 5 v. (xxv, 2542, vii p.).
PN3448.S45 S88 MRR Alc
nesfa New England Science Fiction Association.
The N.E.S.F.A. index : science fiction magazines and
original anthologies . -- 5 v. -- [Cambridge, Mass. New
England Science Fiction Association, Inc.], 1971/72-
1976.
Annual 1973-1976; biennial 1971/72.
Z5917.S36 I55 MRR Alc
pierce 1 Pierce, John J.
Foundations of science fiction : a study in imagination
and evolution / John J. Pierce ; foreword by Frederik
Pohl. -- New York : Greenwood Press, 1987. -- xv, 290
p. -- (Contributions to the study of science fiction
and fantasy, 0193-6875 ; no. 25)
Bibliography: p. [239]-273.
PN3433.8.P54 1987 MRR Alc
pierce 2 Pierce, John J.
Great themes of science fiction : a study in
imagination and evolution / John J. Pierce ; foreword
by Thomas J. Roberts. -- New York : Greenwood Press,
1987. -- xv, 250 p. -- (Contributions to the study of
science fiction and fantasy, 0193-6875 ; no. 29)
Bibliography: p. [203]-237.
PN3433.8.P544 1987 MRR Alc
pierce 3 Pierce, John J.
When world views collide : a study in imagination and
evolution / John J. Pierce ; foreword by Lester del
Ray. -- New York : Greenwood Press, 1989. -- xvii, 238
p. -- (Contributions to the study of science fiction
and fantasy, 0193-6875 ; no. 37)
PN3433.8.P55 1989 MRR Alc
reginald Reginald, R.
Science fiction and fantasy literature : a checklist,
1700-1974 : with Contemporary science fiction authors
II / R. Reginald. -- Detroit : Gale Research Co.,
c1979. -- 2 v. (xi, 1141 p., [16] leaves of plates) :
ill.
Z5917.S36 R42 MRR Alc
reginald 2 Reginald, R.
Science fiction and fantasy literature, 1975-1991 : a
bibliography of science fiction, fantasy, and horror
fiction books and nonfiction monographs / Robert
Reginald ; associate editors, Mary A. Burgess, Daryl F.
Mallett ; editorial assistants and advisors, Scott Alan
Burgess ... [et. al]. -- Detroit : Gale Research,
c1992. -- xii, 1512 p.
Z5917.S36 R4212 1992 MRR Alc
reginald 3 Reginald, R.
Reginald's science fiction and fantasy awards : a
comprehensive guide to the awards and their winners. --
3rd ed., rev. and expanded / by Daryl F. Mallett and
Robert Reginald. -- San Bernardino, Calif. : Borgo
Press, 1993. -- 248 p. -- (Borgo literary guides, 0891-
9623 ; no. 1)
P96.S34 R4 1993 MRR Alc
sargent Sargent, Lyman Tower, 1940-
British and American utopian literature, 1516-1975 : an
annotated bibliography / Lyman Tower Sargent. -- Boston
: G.K. Hall, c1979. -- xxvi, 324 p. -- (A Reference
publication in science fiction)
Z2014.U84 S27 MRR Alc
smith Twentieth-century science-fiction writers /editor,
Curtis C. Smith. -- 2nd ed. -- Chicago : St. James
Press, 1986. -- xviii, 933 p. -- (Twentieth-century
writers series)
Bibliography: p. x-xiv.
PS374.S35 T89 1986 MRR Biog
tuck Tuck, Donald H. (Donald Henry).
The encyclopedia of science fiction and fantasy through
1968 : a bibliographic survey of the fields of science
fiction, fantasy, and weird fiction through 1968 /
compiled by Donald H. Tuck. -- [1st ed.]. -- Chicago :
Advent Publishers, 1974-
<1982 >. -- v. <1-3>
Z5917.S36 T83 MRR Alc
tymn Tymn, Marshall B., 1937-
Fantasy literature : a core collection and reference
guide / Marshall B. Tymn, Kenneth J. Zahorski, and
Robert H. Boyer. -- New York : R.R. Bowker Co., 1979. -
- xiii, 273 p.
"Directory of Publishers": p. 232-239.
PR830.F3 T9 MRR Alc
tymn 2 Tymn, Marshall B., 1937-
Science fiction, fantasy, and weird fiction magazines /
edited by Marshall B. Tymn and Mike Ashley. --
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1985. -- xxx, 970 p.
-- (Historical guides to the world's periodicals and
newspapers, 0742-5538)
PN3433.T9 1985 MRR Alc
tymn 3 The science fiction reference book : a comprehensive
handbook and guide to the history , literature,
scholarship, and related activities of the science
fiction and fantasy fields / edited by Marshall B.
Tymn. -- Mercer Island, Wash. : Starmont House, c1981.
-- ix, 536 p. : ill.
PN3433.5.S33 MRR Alc
weinberg Weinberg, Robert E.
A biographical dictionary of science fiction and
fantasy artists / Robert Weinberg.
-- New York : Greenwood Press, 1988. -- xvi, 346 p.
Bibliography: p. [319]-321.
NC961.6.W45 1988 MRR Biog
wolfe Wolfe, Gary K., 1946-
Critical terms for science fiction and fantasy : a
glossary and guide to scholarship / Gary K. Wolfe. --
New York : Greenwood Press, c1986. -- xxxvi, 162 p.
Bibliography: p. [145]-155.
PN3435.W64 1986 MRR Alc
yntema Yntema, Sharon, 1951-
More than 100 women science fiction writers / by Sharon
Yntema. -- Freedom, Calif. : Crossing Press, c1988. --
193 p.
Z5917.S36 Y58 1988 MRR Biog
ANALYTIC GUIDE
General Reference Works
aw
burgess-ref
chalker
clute
fl
gunn
hartwell
tymn
tymn 3
Anthologies
cole
contento
fletcher
nesfa
tuck
tymn
tymn 2
Art & Illustration
aw
burgess-lc
burgess-ref
day
fl
justice
reginald
tymn 2
weinberg
Author Lists
burgess-lc
cole
contento
day
fletcher
hartwell
nesfa
reginald
reginald 2
smith
tuck (includes section on pseudonyms)
yntema
Awards
burgess-ref
fl
reginald
reginald 2
reginald 3
tymn
Bibliographies
SUBJECT AUTHOR
clareson hall
hall hartwell
hartwell
sargent
yntema
Biography
bleiler
reginald
reginald 2
smith
tuck
weinberg
yntema
Book Reviews
day
hall Includes list of SF
hall 2 book review indexes
hall 3
lerner
Comics
burgess-lc
justice
Core Collection Checklist
aw
burgess-ref
fl
justice
reginald
tymn
Dictionaries
elrick
wolfe
Film, TV & Radio
aw
burgess-lc
burgess-ref
fl
justice
tuck
Foreign Language Fiction
aw
smith
tuck
tymn 2
History & Criticism
aw
aldiss
bleiler
burgess-ref
fl
hall
hall 2
justice
lerner
pierce 1
pierce 2
pierce 3
smith
tymn
tymn 2
weinberg
wolfe
Library Collecting (Selection,
Acquisitions, Cataloging)
burgess-lc
burgess-ref
aw
fl
Library Collections
aw
fl
tymn
Organizations, Societies & Meetings
burgess-ref
fl
reginald
tymn
tymn 3
Periodicals
aw
burgess-ref
day
fl
hall (includes fanzines)
hall 2
nesfa
tuck
tymn
tymn 2
Private Collections
aw
Publishers
chalker
nesfa
tuck
tymn
tymn 3
Series
fl
justice
reginald (includes separate index of Ace and
Belmont Doubles)
reginald 2
tuck
Stories, Plots, etc.
magill
pierce 2
Title Lists
contento
reginald 2
tuck
May 1995
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