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245 0 2 _aA companion to science fiction /
_cedited by David Seed.
260 _aMalden, MA :
_bBlackwell,
_cc2005.
300 _axvi, 612 p. ;
_c26 cm.
440 0 _aBlackwell companions to literature and culture ;
_v34
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aContents : 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.
650 0 _aScience fiction
_xHistory and criticism.
700 1 _aSeed, David.
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