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EN 104 - Literature of the Fantastic - Professor Cavelos: Encyclopedias and Handbooks

Encyclopedias and Handbooks

Brave New Words:  the Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction
     Ref PN3433.4 .P78 2007

Classics of Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature
     Ref PN3433.4 .C565 (2 vols.)

Critical Survey of Short Fiction
     Ref PN3373 .C7 (7 vols.)

Encyclopedia of Fairies, Hobgoblins and other Supernatural Creatures
     Ref GR549 .B74

Encyclopedia of Fantasy
     Ref PN56 .F34 E53

Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
     Ref PN3433.4 .E53 1993

SFE : the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction
     Ref PN3433.4 .F54 2010

Gale Virtual Reference Center
This is a collection of online subject encyclopedias. Science fiction topics such as "Androids" is included.

Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory

     Ref PN44.5 .H37

Gothic Writers: a Critical & Bibliographical Guide

Guide to Supernatural Fiction
     Ref PN56.S8B57

Icons of Horror and the Supernatural
     Ref PN56 .H6 I26 (2 vols.)

J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia
     Ref PR6039 .O32Z664 2007

Latin American Science Fiction Writers
     Ref PQ7082.S34 L38

Literature Resource Center (LRC)
Provides  lengthy biographical profiles of authors and plot summaries

St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers
     Ref PN3448.S45 S246 1998

Spirits, Fairies, Gnomes and Goblins: an Encyclopedia of the Little People
     Ref GR549 .R65 1996

Supernatural Fiction Writers:  Contemporary Fantasy and Horror
     Ref PN3435 .S96 2003 (2 vols.)

Supernatural Literature of the World:  an Encyclopedia
     Ref PN56 .S8 S86 2005 (3 vols.)