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A companion to science fiction
Title
A companion to science fiction / edited by David Seed.
ISBN
9780470997055
0470997052
1405112182
9781405112185
1405144580
9781405144582
9781405165020
1405165022
1280198745
9781280198748
Published
Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvi, 612 pages).
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Summary
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.
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Blackwell reference online. OCLC KB.
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Print version: Companion to science fiction. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 30, 2018
Series
Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 34
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
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.
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