The Veldt (Further Reading)

Further Reading

• Disch, Thomas M., The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World, Free Press, 1998.

  This book explores the impact that science fiction has had upon American culture. It shows how science fiction has been a catalyst for new realities and also how it has helped us to adjust to those realities.

• Eller, Jonathan R., and William F. Touponce, Ray Bradbury: The Life of Fiction, Kent State University Press, 2004.

  This is the most comprehensive textual and cultural study of sixty years of Bradbury's work. It looks at his entire career, from the earliest writings to his most recently published novel, Let's All Kill Constance.

• Haining, Peter, The Classic Era of American Pulp Magazines, Chicago Review Press, 2001.

  This book provides a comprehensive review of the various types of pulp magazines that were popular in America during the first half of the twentieth century. Each chapter explores one particular genre.

• McCaffery, Larry, Across the Wounded Galaxies: Interviews with Contemporary American Science Fiction Writers, University of Illinois Press, 1991.

  In this book, famous writers such as Ursula LeGuin, William Burroughs, Gene Wolf, and Octavia Butler discuss their work.

• Stein, R. Conrad, The Great Red Scare, Silver Burdett, 1998.

  Stein's book is an overview of America's fear of Communist subversion during the late 1940s and early 1950s and is directed toward a young adult reader. The book also examines how Senator Joseph McCarthy was able to exploit America's fear of Communism to further his own agendas.