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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Named Person: | Englisch; Kaṇada |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
David Seed |
ISBN: | 1405112182 9781405112185 9781405184373 140518437X |
OCLC Number: | 56924865 |
Description: | xvi, 612 pages ; 26 cm |
Contents: | Introduction : Approaching science fiction -- pt. I. Surveying the field. Hard reading : the hard reading : the challenges of science fiction / Tom Shippey -- The origins of science fiction / George Slusser -- Science fiction/criticism / Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr. -- Science-fiction magazines : the crucibles of change / MIke Ashley -- pt. II. Topics and debates. Utopia / Phillip E. Wegner -- Science, fiction and religion / Stephen R.L. Clark -- "Monsters of the imagination" : Gothic, science, fiction / Fred Botting -- Science fiction and ecology / Brian Stableford -- Feminist fabulation / Marleen S. Barr -- Time and identity in feminist science fiction / Jenny Wolmark -- Science fiction and the Cold War / M. Keith Booker -- pt. III. Genres and movements. Hard science fiction / Gary Westfahl -- The new wave / Rob Latham -- Cyberpunk / Mark Bould -- Science fiction and postmodernism / Veronica Hollinger -- The renewal of "hard" science fiction / Donald M. Hassler -- pt. IV. Science fiction film. American science fiction film : an overview / Vivian Sobchack -- Figurations of the cyborg in contemporary science fiction novels and fiction / Christine Cornea -- British television science fiction / Peter Wright -- pt. V. The international scene. Canadian science fiction / Douglas Barbour -- Japanese and Asian science fiction / Takayuki Tatsumi -- Australian science fiction / Van Ikin and Sean McMullen. pt. VI. Key writers. The grandeur of H.G. Wells / Robert Crossley -- Isaac Asimov / John Clute -- John Wyndham : the facts of life sextet / David Ketterer -- Philip Dick / Christopher Palmer -- Samuel Delaney : a biographical and critical overview / Carl Freedman -- Ursula K. Le Guin / Warren G. Rochelle -- Gwyneth Jones and the anxieties of science fiction / Andy Sawyer -- Arthur C. Clarke / Edward James -- Greg Egan / Russell Blackford -- pt. VII. Readings. Mary Shelley : Frankenstein : or, the modern Prometheus / Susan E. Lederer and Richard M. Ratzan -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman : Herland / Jill Rudd -- Aldous Huxley : Brave new world / David Seed -- Ray Bradbury : Fahrenheit 451 / Brian Baker -- Joanna Russ : The female man / Jeanne Cortiel -- J.G. Ballard : Crash / Roger Luckhurst -- Margaret Atwood : The handmaid's tale / Faye Hammill -- William Gibson : Neuromancer / Andrew M. Butler -- Kim Stanley Robinson : Mars trilogy / Carol Franko -- Iain M. Banks : Excession / Farah Mendlesohn. |
Series Title: | Blackwell companions to literature and culture, 34. |
Responsibility: | edited by David Seed. |
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Abstract:
A Companion to Science Fiction assembles essays by an international range of scholars which discuss the contexts, themes and methods used by science fiction writers. It conveys the scale and variety of science fiction and also shows how science fiction novels have been used as a means of debating cultural issues.
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"The volume as a whole successfully acquaints diligent readers with an array of substantive avenues of critical inquiry into science fiction ... Highly recommended." Choice "[This] Companion provides unusual depth and detail ... The main strengths here are the distinguished roster of contributors, who have plenty of thought-provoking ideas ... Anyone seeking an immersion course in the history and criticism of [science fiction] today will find that their time is well repaid." Science Fiction Studies Read more...
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