An interesting book….Specialized science fiction collections serving graduates and researchers.

Choice

[t]his approach offers many opportunities for further exploration of these works. It is a generative structure, and ^IDune^R at the very least proves to be like a hologram, so that when the reader looks at a small portion of the novel, the structure of the whole is revealed within it.

The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts

[P]alumbo has provided an accurate, pleasingly complex, and sympathetic study of two of the greatest American sf writers of the twentieth century.

Science Fiction Studies

[a] challenging book, yet one that will repay the time spent with it in profound insight not only into two of science fiction's most respected literary geniuses, but also insight into the interplay among science, literature, and cosmology.

Utopian Studies

[A]n astutely written, thoughtful and thought-provoking examination of the underlying themes to the popular works of the prolific science fiction author Isaac Asimov, as well as the enduringly popular science fiction Dune series by Frank Herbert….[i]ntrinsically fascinating and insightful…especially commended to academic library literary criticism reference collections, as well as the legions of Asimov and Herbert fans.

The Midwest Book Review

…can definitely be regarded as an important contribution to critical studies of science fiction.

Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies