Science fiction : a guide for the perplexed /
"Drawing on examples from literature, film and TV, this book helps students grapple with and master the often perplexing question, 'what is science fiction?'"--
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2014.
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| Series: | Guides for the perplexed.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Cover image |
| Summary: | "Drawing on examples from literature, film and TV, this book helps students grapple with and master the often perplexing question, 'what is science fiction?'"-- "From its beginnings in the works of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne to the virtual worlds of William Gibson's Neuromancer and The Matrix, Science Fiction: A Guide to the Perplexed helps students navigate the often perplexing worlds of a perennially popular genre. Drawing on literature as well as example from film and television, the book explores the different answers that criticism has offered to the vexed question, 'what is science fiction?' Each chapter of the book includes case studies of key texts, annotated guides to further reading and suggestions for class discussion to help students master the full range of contemporary critical approaches to the field, including the scientific, technological and political contexts in which the genre has flourished. Ranging from an understanding of the genre through the stereotypes of 1930s pulps through more recent claims that we are living in a science fictional moment, this volume will provide a comprehensive overview of this diverse and fascinating genre."--Publisher's description. |
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| Physical Description: | 210 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-198) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441118745 1441118748 9781441194602 1441194606 9781441119605 1441119604 |