01827    a2200217   450000100060000000300090000600500170001500800410003202000250007304000130009804100080011108200230011910000280014224500510017026000480022130000350026950400510030452011900035565000340154570000300157911493IN-BhIIT20260515120535.0260429b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780195387063 (pbk.)  aIN-BhIIT  aeng  a809.3876203bPRU/B  aPrucher, Jeff  eAuthor  aBrave new words /cJeff Prucher and Gene Wolfe  aNew York :bOxford University Press,c2010.  axxxi, 342 p. :bill. ;c19 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aThe first historical dictionary devoted to science fiction, Brave New Words:The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction shows exactly how science-fictional words and their associated concepts have developed over time, with full citations and bibliographic information. It's a window on a whole genre of literature through the words invented and passed along by the genre's most talented writers. In addition, it shows how many words we consider everyday vocabulary-words like "space shuttle," "blast off," and "robot"-had their roots in imaginative literature, and not in hard science.
Brave New Words covers the shared language of science fiction, as well as the vocabulary of science fiction criticism and its fans—those terms that are used by many authors in multiple settings. Words coined in science fiction have become part of the vocabulary of any number of subcultures and endeavors, from comics, to neo-paganism, to aerospace, to computers, to environmentalism, to zine culture. This is the first book to document this vocabulary transfer. Not just a useful reference and an entertaining browse, this book also documents the enduring legacy of science fiction writers and fans.  aScience fictionvDictionaries  aWolfe, GeneeJoint Author