James Gunn
Biographic Data
| ID | 3919420 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Gunn |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Gunn |
| SIGNATURE | GUNN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kansas |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Enseigner la science-fiction
L’article explore les complexités de l’enseignement de la science-fiction dans les milieux académiques. L’auteur note que de nombreux cours de science-fiction se concentrent sur ces thèmes plutôt que sur le genre lui-même, en partie à cause des difficultés à obtenir l’accord de l’administration et en partie à cause de la difficulté à enseigner la science-fiction comme un genre distinct. Gunn plaide pour une enquête approfondie des cours de scienc…
Science Fiction around the World
Each summer, James Gunn teaches a S F writers' workshop and intensive S F teaching institute in Lawrence, Kansas, where he has lived most of his life as author, scholar, and English professor. His Damon Knight Grand Master Award was given not just in recognition of his fiction writing but also for his deep influence on the genre through essays, editing, and teaching, Gunn's important Road to Science Fiction anthologies expose the context underlyi…
Reading Science Fiction
New way to Locate Auhtors’ Archives
SF Website at University of Kansas
Jules Verne Roundtable
The Road to Science Fiction
Now in Paperback! Between an ancient Roman's trip to the moon and the fantastic tales of H.G. Wells lies a journey through time and space and an awesome evolution in scientific thinking. From Gilgamesh's search for immortality to Lucian's odyssey on the moon; from Jonathan Swift's hilarious satire on scientists in Gulliver's Travels to Mary Shelley's horrifying description of a scientist who has gone too far in Frankenstein from Edgar Allan Poe's…
Teaching Science Fiction
The Gatekeepers
The development of SF as a genre has been directed and determined to a significant extent by editors. They established their preponderant influence at the beginning of this century with the appearance of the first magazines devoted exclusively to producing SF in a “closed milieu.” Frank Munsey, first, and then other editors of “pulp magazines,” changed the reading habits of an entire generation. Witness the power of the stance and editorial biase…
The Seventh Annual Institute on the Teaching of SF
A Clarification
On the Lem Affair
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On the Lem Affair
A Clarification
The Gatekeepers
The development of SF as a genre has been directed and determined to a significant extent by editors. They established their preponderant influence at the beginning of this century with the appearance of the first magazines devoted exclusively to producing SF in a “closed milieu.” Frank Munsey, first, and then other editors of “pulp magazines,” changed the reading habits of an entire generation. Witness the power of the stance and editorial biase…
The Seventh Annual Institute on the Teaching of SF
Teaching Science Fiction
The Road to Science Fiction
Now in Paperback! Between an ancient Roman's trip to the moon and the fantastic tales of H.G. Wells lies a journey through time and space and an awesome evolution in scientific thinking. From Gilgamesh's search for immortality to Lucian's odyssey on the moon; from Jonathan Swift's hilarious satire on scientists in Gulliver's Travels to Mary Shelley's horrifying description of a scientist who has gone too far in Frankenstein from Edgar Allan Poe's…
Jules Verne Roundtable
SF Website at University of Kansas
New way to Locate Auhtors’ Archives
Reading Science Fiction
Science Fiction around the World
Each summer, James Gunn teaches a S F writers' workshop and intensive S F teaching institute in Lawrence, Kansas, where he has lived most of his life as author, scholar, and English professor. His Damon Knight Grand Master Award was given not just in recognition of his fiction writing but also for his deep influence on the genre through essays, editing, and teaching, Gunn's important Road to Science Fiction anthologies expose the context underlyi…
Enseigner la science-fiction
L’article explore les complexités de l’enseignement de la science-fiction dans les milieux académiques. L’auteur note que de nombreux cours de science-fiction se concentrent sur ces thèmes plutôt que sur le genre lui-même, en partie à cause des difficultés à obtenir l’accord de l’administration et en partie à cause de la difficulté à enseigner la science-fiction comme un genre distinct. Gunn plaide pour une enquête approfondie des cours de scienc…
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