Science Fiction: The Early Years

Bleiler, Everett F. Science Fiction: The Early Years. Kent, OH: Kent State UP, 1991.

Starting with Johannes Kepler's Somnium (publ. 1634), "a full description of more than 3,000 science-fiction stories from earliest times to the appearance of the genre magazines in 1930" —EFB quoted by Ray B. Browne, rev. in JPC 26.1 (Summer 1992): 197, our source for this entry. (RDE, 07/01/83)