Alkon P.K. Science Fiction Before 1900: Imagination Discovers Technology

London: Routledge, 2002. — 192 p.Paul Alkon analyzes several key works that mark the most significant phases in the early evolution of science fiction, including Frankenstein, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, A Connecticut Yankee in King arthur's Court and The Time Machine. He places the work in context and discusses the genre and its relation to other kinds of literature.