Auteur: Roberts, Adam
Editeur: Taylor & Francis
Publication: 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-19205-7
e-ISBN: 978-0-203-45465-7
Editeur: Taylor & Francis
Publication: 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-19205-7
e-ISBN: 978-0-203-45465-7
Science fiction is one of the most vigorous and exciting areas of modern culture - from ground breaking novels of ideas, to blockbusters on the cinema screen. In Science Fiction, Adam Roberts offers a clear and engaging account of the phenomenon, illustrating the critical terminology and following the contours of its ongoing history. You will find that this book:
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- provides a concise history of science fiction, and explores the key concepts in SF criticism and theory
- focuses particularly on the impact that postmodernism and technological advances have had on the subject
- examines the interactions between science fiction and science fact - with events such as the moon landings, the Challenger disaster, and the film Apollo 13
- concentrates on SF in book or short-story form as well as SF on screen
- discusses in detail the categories of "the Alien," "Technology," and "the Future," looking at Cyberpunk, New Wave, and Alternative Science Fictions, as well as the mainstream
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