Fantastic transmedia : narrative, play and memory across science fiction and fantasy storyworlds /

"In Fantastic Transmedia, writer and academic Colin B Harvey explores the manifold ways in which science fiction and fantasy franchises use transmedial techniques to create complex and involving imaginary worlds. From high profile franchises like Star Wars, Halo and the Marvel Cinematic Univers...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Harvey, Colin B., 1971-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Subjects:	Narration (Rhetoric) Storytelling in mass media. Motion pictures and video games. Film adaptations > History and criticism. Convergence (Telecommunication) SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies. Film adaptations. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Frames of Reference
1. Fantastic Transmedia
2. Stories and Worlds
3. Of Hobbits and Hulks: Adaptation Versus Narrative Expansion
4. Canon-Fodder: Halo and Horizontal Remembering
5. Configuring Memory in the Buffyverse
6. Material Myths and Nostalgia-Play in Star Wars
7. Fantastically Independent
8. Transmedia Memory.