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Science fiction after 1900 : from the steam man to the stars / Brooks Landon

First Routledge pbk. edition

New York : Routledge, 2002

Online Ressource (xxxii, 251 pages)

Englisch

The culture of science fiction : rationalizing genreFrom the steam man to the stars -- Science fiction outside genre SF -- Countercultures of science fiction : resisting genre -- New and newer waves.

Originally published in hardcover by Twayne Publishers. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-217) and index. - Print version record. - Originally published in hardcover by Twayne Publishers

Print version: Science fiction after 1900

978-1-136-76118-8 ( : electronic bk.); 1-136-76118-7 (electronic bk.)

0-415-93888-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-415-93888-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 879202845 (aus SWB)     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

EC 6745      Ähnliche Literatur

PN3433.8

809.38762 ; 809.3/8762

bcl: 17.86 ; bisacsh: BIO007000 ; bisacsh: BIO 007000

LOC-SH: Science fiction -- History and criticism ; Fiction -- History and criticism -- 20th century ; Fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism ; Science fiction -- History and criticism ; Electronic books

Electronic books / Criticism, interpretation, etc ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; Literary ; Fiction ; Science fiction ; Science-Fiction ; Science fiction ; Criticism, interpretation, etc

Brooks Landon analyses science fiction not as a set of rules for writers, but as a set of expectations for readers. He presents science fiction as a social phenomenon that moves beyond literary experience through a sense of mission based on the belief that SF can be a "tool to help you think." He offers a broad overview of the genre and the stages through which it has developed in the twentieth century from the dime store novel through the New Wave of the '60s, the cyberpunk '80s, and soft agenda SF of the '90s. The writers he examines range for E.M. Forster and John W. Campbell to Philip K. Dick and Ursula K. Le Guin. He also examines the large body of criticism now devoted to the genre and includes a bibliographic essay and a list of recommended titles. -- PUBLISHER DESCRIPTION