Talk:The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

TOC
the table of contents listed the authors of the "deep probe" essays. how is that not relevant? with the section gone, no one will know it was added. why not move the TOC here, and let someone else remove the chapter info and just list the essay authors.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 20:10, 18 January 2016 (UTC)


 * heres the TOC, i think just listing the authors would be relevant:

Table of contents

 * 01. Program (chronology)
 * 02. Thematics (authors of introductions in parentheses)
 * 02.01 Spacecraft and Star Drives (Poul Anderson)
 * 02.02 Exploration and Colonies (Jack Williamson)
 * 02.03 Biologies and Environments (James White)
 * 02.04 Warfare and Weaponry (Harry Harrison)
 * 02.05 Galactic Empires (Lester del Rey)
 * 02.06 Future and Alternative Histories (Brian Aldiss)
 * 02.07 Utopias and Nightmares (John Brunner)
 * 02.08 Cataclysms and Dooms (J.G. Ballard)
 * 02.09 Lost and Parallel Worlds (Robert Sheckley)
 * 02.10 Time and Nth Dimensions (Fritz Leiber)
 * 02.11 Technologies and Artefacts (Kenneth Bulmer)
 * 02.12 Cities and Cultures (Frederik Pohl)
 * 02.13 Robots and Androids (Isaac Asimov)
 * 02.14 Computers and Cybernetics (Arthur C. Clarke)
 * 02.15 Mutants and Symbiotes (Josephine Saxton)
 * 02.16 Telepathy, Psionics and ESP (Larry Niven)
 * 02.17 Sex and Taboos (Keith Roberts)
 * 02.18 Religion and Myths (Philip José Farmer)
 * 02.19 Inner Space (A.E. van Vogt)
 * 03. Deep Probes
 * 03.01 Interface, by Edmund Cooper
 * 03.02 Science Fiction as Literature, by George Turner
 * 03.03 Recurrent Concepts
 * 03.03.1 The Value of Science Fiction, by Damon Knight
 * 03.03.2 The Barbarian As Hero, by L. Sprague de Camp
 * 03.03.3 Software: the Psychological View, by Brian Ash
 * 04. Fandom and Media
 * 04.01 Fandom
 * 04.02 Science Fiction Art
 * 04.03 Science Fiction in the Cinema
 * 04.04 Science Fiction on Television
 * 04.05 Science Fiction Magazines
 * 04.06 Books and Anthologies
 * 04.07 Juveniles, Comics and Strips
 * 04.08 Commentators and Courses
 * 04.09 Fringe Cults


 * In 99.9 cases out of a hundred, tables of contents are completely useless, and it improves book articles to remove them. There are really very few cases indeed - dealing with books of great historical importance, where the individual chapters have received detailed commentary - where one could justify making an exception. The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is not one of those books. I agree that mentioning the authors represented in the book would be helpful. FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 21:54, 18 January 2016 (UTC)