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A Companion to Science Fiction |
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Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: Adobe PDF
Content Language: English
ISBN: 9781405144582
Print ISBN: 9781405184373
Size: 3,462 KB
Pages: 632
Publication Date: 2008-04-15
Category:
Literary Criticism > Science Fiction & Fantasy
Territorial Restrictions:
Available Worldwide
Digital Rights:
Copy Count: 5
Copy Interval (Days): 365
Print Count: Unlimited
Print Interval (Days): Unlimited
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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.
- This Companion conveys the scale and variety of science fiction.
- Shows how science fiction has been used as a means of debating cultural issues.
- Essays by an international range of scholars discuss the contexts, themes and methods used by science fiction writers.
- 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.
- Maps out connections between science fiction, television, the cinema, virtual reality technology, and other aspects of the culture.
- Includes a section focusing on major figures, such as H.G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ursula Le Guin.
- Offers close readings of particular novels, from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale.
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