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The Routledge Concise History of Science Fiction.
The term 'science fiction' has an established common usage, but close examination reveals that writers, fans, editors, scholars, and publishers often use this word in different ways for different reasons. Exploring how science fiction has emerged through competing versions and the struggle...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; The Routledge Concise History of Science Fiction; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Problems of definition; Overview; The emergence of SF; Enrolling SF; Competing histories and definitions; Edgar Allan Poe; Jules Verne; H.G. Wells; The literature of cognitive estrangement; Conclusion; 2. Science fictions before Gernsback; Overview; Eutopia and dystopia; Colonial adventure fiction; Future war; Apocalyptic fiction; Prehistoric and evolutionary fiction; Science and invention; In or out?; Conclusion; 3. Proliferations: the 1930s; Overview; The origins of magazine SF; SF in other media.
- Pulp SF: space opera and beyondPulp SF: women writers; Science and social critique; Fans and other audiences; Conclusion; 4. Campbell's 'revolution' in context: the 1940s; Overview; Ordering the future; Robots, computers and subjects; Splitting atoms, mutating humans and encountering aliens; Enrolling an SF 'core' and separating SF from fantasy; Encountering the other; Conclusion; 5. Cold war, consumerism, cybernetics: the 1950s; Overview; Changing times; From hard to soft; Consumption; Apocalyptic fictions; Cybernetics; Paranoia; Race; From UFOs to Dianetics; Conclusion.
- 6. New realities, new fictions: the 1960s and 1970sOverview; Changing times; Metafictional SF; Swinging new visions; Language, communication and power; Lifestyle SF; Anti-war SF; Conclusion; 7. New voices, new concerns: the 1960s and 1970s; Overview; Race; Feminism; Environmentalism; Conclusion; 8. New politics, new technologies: the 1980s and 1990s; Overview; Changing times; Hard SF and the new right; Apocalyptic fiction; Cyberpunk and postmodernism; Hard SF and embodiment; Conclusion; 9. Empire and expansion: the 1980s and 1990s; Overview; Changing times; Popular postmodernism.
- The new space operaMulticulturalism and identity; Ecological SF; Conclusion; 10. Possible futures; Overview; Changing times; Near futures; Hard SF; Singularity fiction; Engaging with histories; Globalised SF; Alternative worlds; Conclusion; Works cited; Guide to further reading; Glossary of terms; Index.