Format:
Online Ressource (xxxii, 251 pages)
Edition:
First Routledge pbk. edition
ISBN:
9781136761188
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1136761187
Series Statement:
Genres in context
Content:
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
Note:
Originally published in hardcover by Twayne Publishers. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-217) and index. - Print version record
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Originally published in hardcover by Twayne Publishers
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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.
Additional Edition:
0415938880
Additional Edition:
9780415938884
Additional Edition:
Print version Science fiction after 1900
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
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