The following essay was a paper I wrote for a class I took called “Science Fiction and American Culture.” It discusses issues brought up in Isaac Asimov’s novella Bicentennial Man, which can be found in Robot Visions. You should be able to find a copy of it at your local library, or you can purchase [...]
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Star Trek Fandom, Camille Bacon-Smith and Me
This essay was written in response to a reading assignment for my “Science Fiction and American Culture” class. We read Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth by Camille Bacon-Smith.
For those of you who think a writer is someone who gets his name on books, let me assure you that is [...]
Camille Bacon-Smith Looks at Star Trek Fandom
This essay was written in response to a reading assignment for my “Science Fiction and American Culture” class. We read Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth by Camille Bacon-Smith. It also makes reference to Brian Stableford’s book, The Sociology of Science Fiction.
In the book Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation [...]
