UID:
almafu_9959328892802883
Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 612 pages)
ISBN:
9780470997055
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0470997052
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1405112182
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9781405112185
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1405144580
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9781405144582
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9781405165020
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1405165022
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1280198745
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9781280198748
Series Statement:
Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 34
Content:
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. The first section of the volume addresses general topics, such as the history and origins of the genre, its engagement with science and gender, and national variations of science fiction around the English-speaking world. It also maps out connections between science fiction, television, the cinema, virtual reality technology, and other aspects of the culture. The next section is devoted to major figures, such as H.G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ursula Le Guin. Finally, the Companion offers close discussions of key novels, from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.
Note:
Introduction : approaching science fiction -- pt. I. Surveying the field. -- 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 films / 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.
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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 K. 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.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Companion to science fiction. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005 ISBN 1405112182
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781405112185
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
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English Studies
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1002/9780470997055
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470997055
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