TY  - BOOK
AU  - Seed,David
TI  - A companion to science fiction
SN  - 9781405112185
AV  - PN3433.5 .C73 2005
U1  - 809.3/8762 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Malden, MA
PB  - Blackwell
KW  - Science fiction
KW  - History and criticism
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents : Introduction: Approaching Science Fiction.   PART I: SURVEYING THE FIELD: 1. Hard Reading: The Challenges of Science Fiction / Tom Shippey -- 2. The Origins of Science Fiction / George Slusser -- 3. Science Fiction: Criticism / Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr. -- 4. Science Fiction Magazines: The Crucibles of Change / Mike Ashley.   PART II: TOPICS AND DEBATES: 5. Utopia / Phillip E. Wegner -- 6. Science Fiction and Religion / Stephen R. L. Clark -- 7. "Monsters of the Imagination": Gothic, Science, Fiction / Fred Botting -- 8. Science Fiction and Ecology / Brian Stableford -- 9. Feminist Fabulation / Marleen S. Barr -- 10. Time and Identity in Feminist Science Fiction / Jenny Wolmark -- 11. Science Fiction and the Cold War / M. Keith Booker.   PART III: GENRES AND MOVEMENTS: 12. Hard Science Fiction / Gary Westfahl -- 13. The New Wave / Rob Latham -- 14. Cyberpunk / Mark Bould -- 15. Science Fiction and Postmodernism / Veronica Hollinger -- 16. The Renewal of "Hard" Science Fiction / Donald M. Hassler.   PART IV: SCIENCE FICTION FILM: 17. American Science Fiction Film: An Overview / Vivian Sobchack ( 18. Figurations of the Cyborg in Contemporary Science Fiction Novels and Films / Christine Cornea ( 19. British Television Science Fiction / Peter Wright.   PART V: THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE: 20. Canadian Science Fiction / Douglas Barbour -- 21. Japanese and Asian Science Fiction / Takayuki Tatsumi -- 22. Australian Science Fiction / Sean McMullen and Van Ikin.  PART VI: KEY WRITERS: 23. The Grandeur of H.G. Wells / Robert Crossley -- 24. Isaac Asimov / John Clute -- 25. John Wyndham: The Facts of Life Sextet / David Ketterer -- 26. Philip K. Dick / Christopher Palmer -- 27. Samuel Delaney: A Biographical and Critical Overview / Carl Freedman -- 28. Ursula K. Le Guin / Warren G. Rochelle -- 29. Gwyneth Jones and the Anxieties of Science Fiction / Andy Sawyer -- 30. Arthur C. Clarke / Edward James -- 31. Greg Egan / Russell Blackford.  PART VII: READINGS: 32. Mary Shelley: Frankenstein / Susan E. Lederer and Richard M. Ratzan -- 33. Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Herland: Jill Rudd -- 34. Aldous Huxley: Brave New World: David Seed -- 35. Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451: Brian Baker -- 36. Joanna Russ: The Female Man: Jeanne Cortiel -- 37. J.G. Ballard: Crash: Roger Luckhurst -- 38. Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale: Faye Hammill -- 39. William Gibson: Neuromancer: Andrew M. Butler -- 40. Kim Stanley Robinson: Mars Trilogy: Carol Franko -- 41. Iain M. Banks: Excession: Farah Mendlesohn
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