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| Author | : Various |
| Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012-09-27 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1598531573 |
Collects nine classic science fiction novels from 1953 to 1958.
| Author | : Eric Carl Link |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 291 |
| Release | : 2015-01-26 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1107052467 |
This Companion explores the relationship between the ideas and themes of American science fiction and their roots in the American cultural experience.
| Author | : David Seed |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 223 |
| Release | : 2013-10-31 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 1135953821 |
American Science Fiction--in both literature and film--has played a key role in the portrayal of the fears inherent in the Cold War. The end of this era heralds the need for a reassessment of the literary output of the forty-year period since 1945. Working through a series of key texts, American Science Fiction and the Cold War investigates the political inflections put on American narratives in the post-war decades by Cold War cultural circumstances. Nuclear holocaust, Russian invasion, and the perceived rise of totalitarianism in American society are key elements in the author's exploration of science fiction narratives that include Fahrenheit 451, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and Dr. Strangelove.
| Author | : Isiah Lavender |
| Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
| Total Pages | : 287 |
| Release | : 2011-02-08 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0253222591 |
Noting that science fiction is characterized by an investment in the proliferation of racial difference, Isiah Lavender III argues that racial alterity is fundamental to the genre's narrative strategy. Race in American Science Fiction offers a systematic classification of ways that race appears and how it is silenced in science fiction, while developing a critical vocabulary designed to focus attention on often-overlooked racial implications. These focused readings of science fiction contextualize race within the genre's better-known master narratives and agendas. Authors discussed include Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, and Ursula K. Le Guin, among many others.
| Author | : Thomas D. Clareson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 1990 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : |
Discusses writers such as Poul Anderson, Brian W. Aldiss, Isaac Asimov, J.G. Ballard, Alfred Bester, James Blish, Anthony Boucher, Ray Bradbury, Algis Budrys, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John W. Campbell, Arthur C. Clarke, Hal Clement, Samuel R. Delany, Lester del Rey, Philip K. Dick, Gordon R. Dickson, Thomas Disch, Harlan Ellison, Philip Jose Farmer, Randall Garrett, Robert A. Heinlein, Zenna Henderson, Frank Herbert, Damon Knight, Cyril Kornbluth, Ursula K. Le Guin, Murray Leinster, Anne McCaffrey, Judith Merril, A. Merritt, Walter M. Miller Jr., Michael Moorcock, Andre Norton, Alexei Panshin, H. Beam Piper, Frederik Pohl, Joanna Russ, Robert Silverberg, Clifford D. Simak, Cordwainer Smith, E.E. "Doc" Smith, Norman Spinrad, Theodore Sturgeon, Jack Vance, A.E. van Vogt, Kurt Vonnegut, Donald Wollheim, RogerZelazny, Jack Williamson, and others.
| Author | : Howard Bruce Franklin |
| Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
| Total Pages | : 412 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780813521527 |
Critics, science fiction writers, scientists, and scholars throughout the world hailed the original publication of Future Perfect in 1966 as a book that would transform our evaluation of science fiction and our understanding of American culture. The praise has proved well founded, for Future Perfect has been more responsible than any other single work for the recognition of the value and significance of science fiction.
| Author | : Vivian Carol Sobchack |
| Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 9780813524924 |
This text attempts to shape definitions of the American science fiction film, studying the connection between the films and social preconceptions. It covers many classic films and discusses their import, seeking to rescue the genre from the neglect of film theorists. The book should appeal to both film buff and fans of science fiction.
| Author | : Rachel Haywood Ferreira |
| Publisher | : Wesleyan University Press |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 2011-07-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780819570833 |
Early science fiction has often been associated almost exclusively with Northern industrialized nations. In this groundbreaking exploration of the science fiction written in Latin America prior to 1920, Rachel Haywood Ferreira argues that science fiction has always been a global genre. She traces how and why the genre quickly reached Latin America and analyzes how writers in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico adapted science fiction to reflect their own realities. Among the texts discussed are one of the first defenses of Darwinism in Latin America, a tale of a time-traveling history book, and a Latin American Frankenstein. Latin American science fiction writers have long been active participants in the sf literary tradition, expanding the limits of the genre and deepening our perception of the role of science and technology in the Latin American imagination. The book includes a chronological bibliography of science fiction published from 1775 to 1920 in all Latin American countries.
| Author | : Gary Westfahl |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 312 |
| Release | : 2019-11-28 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1476674949 |
By examining important aspects of science fiction in the twentieth century, this book explains how the genre evolved to its current state. Close critical attention is given to topics including the art that has accompanied science fiction, the subgenres of space opera and hard science fiction, the rise of science fiction anthologies, and the burgeoning impact of the marketplace on authors and works. Included are in-depth studies of key texts that contributed to science fiction's growth, including Philip Francis Nowlan's first Buck Rogers story, the first published stories of A. E. van Vogt, and the early juveniles of Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and Robert Heinlein.
| Author | : N.K. Jemisin |
| Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Total Pages | : 520 |
| Release | : 2017-10-03 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0544980670 |
Stories by N.K. Jemisin, Dale Bailey, Peter S. Beagle, and more: “Showcases the nuanced, playful, ever-expanding definitions of the genre.” —TheWashington Post Science fiction and fantasy can encompass so much, from far-future deep-space sagas to quiet contemporary tales to unreal kingdoms and beasts. But what the best of these stories do is the same across the genres—they illuminate the whole gamut of the human experience, interrogating our hopes and our fears. With a diverse selection of stories from major award winners, bestsellers, and rising stars, chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and guest editor Charles Yu, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017 continues to explore the ever- changing world of SFF today, with Yu bringing his unique view—literary, meta, and adventurous—to the series’ third edition. “Superb…This mostly dystopic, sometimes darkly humorous collection of 20 hard-hitting stories feels timely, confronting contemporary cultural crises.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
