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Science Fiction
The New York Public Library attempts to collect comprehensively English-language reference titles on science fiction and adds more than 500 works of science fiction annually. Currently, the Research Libraries hold over 8,000 fiction titles, 500 reference volumes and 165 periodicals (including 79 "pulp" titles) in this area. Most hardcover editions of English language authors are available as well as works of major foreign authors, such as Stanislaw Lem and Italo Calvino, often in both the original language and the English translation. Most of the major authors of the "Golden Age" of science fiction publishing-approximately 1930-1960-are well represented in the retrospective Dictionary Catalog of pre-1972 Library holdings. However, the bulk of the science fiction holdings will be found in CATNYP, the online catalog, representing items acquired or cataloged from 1972 to the present, and including the addition of several large retrospective collections in the 1980s. An important and unusual feature of the Research Libraries' collections is the availability, in microform, of early and contemporary paperback original titles. In addition, the General Research Division is currently building a collection of archival samples of "pulps," Ace SF doubles, and other unique American and British paperback editions. Information concerning this collection may be requested at the Information Desk in Room 315. If you need further assistance, visit our reference desk, or e-mail us at grdref@nypl.org |