Isaac Asimov | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 8 pages of analysis & critique of Isaac Asimov.

Isaac Asimov | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 8 pages of analysis & critique of Isaac Asimov.
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The beginning of Isaac Asimov's career as a writer of science fiction coincided closely with the beginning of the development of "social science fiction." (p. 13)

[Asimov defines "social science fiction"] as "that branch of literature which is concerned with the impact of scientific advance upon human beings." He recognizes the existence of the other types of science fiction—adventure and gadget—which do not fit this definition, but he feels that "social science fiction is the only branch of science fiction that is sociologically significant, and that those stories, which are generally accepted as science fiction … but do not fall within the definition I have given above, are not significant, however amusing they may be and however excellent as pieces of fiction." (p. 14)

Science fiction has often been accused of being escape literature. There is no doubt that many science fiction stories are primarily escapist in intent; however...

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