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Hard reading : learning from science fiction /

An exploration of politics and the role of the 'soft sciences' in Science Fiction.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shippey, T. A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2016.
Colección:Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 53.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What SF is. Coming out of the science fiction closet : 'Learning to read science fiction'
  • Rejecting gesture politics : 'Literary gatekeepers and the fabril tradition'
  • Getting away from the facilior lectio : 'Semiotic ghosts and ghostlinesses in the work of Bruce Sterling'
  • SF and change. Getting serious with the fans : 'Science fiction and the idea of history'
  • Getting to grips with the issue of cultures ... : 'Cultural engineering: a theme in science fiction'
  • ... and not fudging the issue! : '"People are plastic": Jack Vance and the dilemma of cultural relativism'
  • SF authors really mean what they say : 'Alternate historians: Newt, Kingers, Harry and me'
  • A revealing failure by the critics : 'Kingsley Amis's science fiction and the problems of genre'
  • A glimpse of structuralist possibility : 'The golden bough and the incorporations of magic in science fiction'
  • Serious issues, serious traumas, emotional depth : 'The magic art and the evolution of words: Ursula Le Guin's "Earthsea" trilogy'
  • SF and politics. A first encounter with politics : 'The Cold War in science fiction, 1940-1960'
  • Language corruption, and rocking the boat : 'Variations on newspeak: the open question of Nineteen eighty-four'
  • Just before the disaster : 'The fall of America in science fiction'
  • Why politicians, and producers, should read science fiction : 'The critique of America in contemporary science fiction'
  • Saying (when necessary) the lamentable word : 'Starship troopers, galactic heroes, mercenary princes: the military and its discontents in science fiction'.