A Conversation larger than the Universe

A Conversation larger than the Universe

science fiction and the literature of the fantastic

This website provides an illustrated record of the books and other materials displayed at the Grolier Club in New York City from January to March 2018. It suggests, among other things, a history of science fiction from its Gothic roots to the present. Items are arranged here chronologically and the labels are keyed to numbers in the exhibition checklist included in A Conversation larger than the Universe. Readings in Science Fiction and the Fantastic 1762-2017, published by the Grolier Club. The entries are grouped in four broad periods: from 1762 to 1912 (nos. 1-14); the interwar years (nos. 15-27); the late 1940s through 1980 (nos. 28-49); and from 1981 to the present (nos. 50-70).

Henry Wessells