Science Fiction: Ten Explorations
Author | : Colin N. Manlove |
Publisher | : Palgrave Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2014-01-14 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781349072613 |
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Author | : Colin N. Manlove |
Publisher | : Palgrave Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2014-01-14 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781349072613 |
Author | : Colin Nicholas Manlove |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Colin N. Manlove |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 1986-06-18 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1349072591 |
Author | : Sara Codair |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 2021-08 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781735076829 |
Rules were made to be broken. From terraformed outposts to magical realms, journey to worlds where deadly plants, rampant biodiversity, or failed terraforming have created irresistible opportunities for those brave enough to seize them. New worlds, found family, mystical secrets, and deadly science weave together in this lesbian-centric anthology focusing on a very different kind of first time-a first encounter with a world, or being, entirely unlike our own. If you like diverse stories with lesbian heroines practicing science, magic, and seduction, buy Distant Gardens today!
Author | : Adam Roberts |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2006-06-19 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1134211791 |
Science Fiction is a fascinating and comprehensive introduction to one of the most popular areas of modern culture. This second edition reflects how the field is rapidly changing in both its practice and its critical reception. With an entirely new conclusion and all other chapters fully reworked and updated, this volume includes: a concise history of science fiction and the ways in which the genre has been used and defined explanations of key concepts in Science Fiction criticism and theory through chapters such as Gender, Race, Technology and Metaphor examines the interactions between Science Fiction and Science Fact anchors each chapter with a case study drawn from short story, book or film, from Frank Herbert’s Dune to Star Wars, from The Left Hand of Darkness to Neuromancer. Introducing the reader to nineteenth-century, Pulp, Golden Age, New Wave, Feminist and Cyberpunk science fictions, this is the essential contemporary guide to a major cultural movement.
Author | : Adam Charles Roberts |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Men in black (Motion picture) |
ISBN | : 9780415366687 |
'Science Fiction' offers a critical account of the phenomenon of science fiction, illustrating the critical terminology and following the contours of its continuing history. The impact of technological advances on the genre is discussed.
Author | : A. Sawyer |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2011-03-24 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0230300391 |
Teaching Science Fiction is the first text in thirty years to explore the pedagogic potential of that most intellectually stimulating and provocative form of popular literature: science fiction. Innovative and academically lively, it offers valuable insights into how SF can be taught historically, culturally and practically at university level.
Author | : Michael Newton |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 0198853610 |
A selection of science-fiction tales from the close of the 'Romantic' period to the end of the First World War. It gathers together classic short stories, from Edgar Allan Poe's playful hoaxes to Gertrude Barrows Bennett's feminist fantasy.
Author | : Gerry Canavan |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2015-01-26 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1316240274 |
The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction explores the relationship between the ideas and themes of American science fiction and their roots in the American cultural experience. Science fiction in America has long served to reflect the country's hopes, desires, ambitions, and fears. The ideas and conventions associated with science fiction are pervasive throughout American film and television, comics and visual arts, games and gaming, and fandom, as well as across the culture writ large. Through essays that address not only the history of science fiction in America but also the influence and significance of American science fiction throughout media and fan culture, this companion serves as a key resource for scholars, teachers, students, and fans of science fiction.
Author | : Brian M. Stableford |
Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780810849389 |
This reference tracks the development of speculative fiction influenced by the advancement of science and the idea of progress from the eighteenth century to the present day. The major authors and publications of the genre and significant subgenres are covered. Additionally there are entries on fields of science and technology which have been particularly prolific in provoking such speculation. The list of acronyms and abbreviations, the chronology covering the literature from the 1700s through the present, the introductory essay, and the dictionary entries provide science fiction novices and enthusiasts as well as serious writers and critics with a wonderful foundation for understanding the realm of science fiction literature. The extensive bibliography that includes books, journals, fanzines, and websites demonstrates that science fiction literature commands a massive following.