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GOOD FICTION GUIDE GOOD FICTION GUIDE edited by Jane Rogers Consultant Editor Hermione Lee Assistant Editors Mike Harris, Douglas Houston OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS OXPORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street, Oxford 0x2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bogotá Buenos Aires Calcutta Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Paris Sâo Paulo Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsaw with associated companies in Berlin Ibadan Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York Introduction © Jane Rogers 2001 Compilation © Jane Rogers and Oxford University Press 2001 Text © Oxford University Press 2001 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published 2001 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Data available ISBN 0-19-210021-1 13579 10 8642 Typeset in Minion by Graphicraft Limited, Hong Kong Printed and bound by TJ International, Padstow, Cornwall Contents Introduction vii Contributors xiii SUBJECT ESSAYS I Adventure Robert McCrum 3 Ireland Patricia Craig 74 Africa Anthony Chennells 7 Magic realism Carol Birch 78 Australia and New Zealand 11 Romance Elizabeth Buchan 82 Jane Rogers Russia Lesley Chamberlain 86 Black and white Rita Christian 15 Science fiction Livi Michael 90 Canada Aritha van Herk 19 The sea Tony Tanner 94 Caribbean E. A. Markham 23 Sexual politics 98 Childhood Jan Dalley 27 Maureen Freely Classics John Sutherland 31 Short stories Lesley Glaister 102 Crime Michael Dibdin 35 Social issues 106 Valentine Cunningham Family saga Sherry Ashworth 39 Spy Michael Shea 110 Fantasy Tom Shippey 43 Supernatural Michael Cox 113 Film adaptations Mike Harris 47 Teen Adèle Geras 117 France Michèle Roberts 51 Thrillers Val McDermid 121 Germany Michael Hülse 54 United States of America 125 Glamour Kate Saunders 58 Richard Francis Historical Boyd Tonkin 62 War Mike Harris 129 Humour Nigel Williams 66 Western Lee Clark Mitchell 133 India Shirley Chew 70 AUTHORS A-Z 137
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