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Science fiction / Adam Roberts.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : New York : Routledge, 2000Description: vi, 204 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0415192048 (hbk)
  • 0415192056 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 809.3/8762 21 R6431
Contents:
1. Defining science fiction. One definition. Three definitions. The sf novum. Difference. Prediction and nostalgia. Case study: frank herbert, dune (1965) -- 2. The history of science fiction: from beginnings to the 1960s. Origins. Jules verne and h g wells. Pulp sf. The golden age: asimov. New wave. Case study: star wars (1977) and intertextuality -- 3. Gender. Feminist science fiction. Women and aliens. Case study: ursula le guin, the left hand of darkness (1969) -- 4. Race. Representing race. Race and star trek. Alien abduction. Case study: blackness in sonnenfeld's men in black (1997) -- 5. Technology and metaphor. Spaceships. Robots. Cyberspace. Case study: william gibson, neuromancer (1984) -- 6. Conclusion.
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1. Defining science fiction. One definition. Three definitions. The sf novum. Difference. Prediction and nostalgia. Case study: frank herbert, dune (1965) --
2. The history of science fiction: from beginnings to the 1960s. Origins. Jules verne and h g wells. Pulp sf. The golden age: asimov. New wave. Case study: star wars (1977) and intertextuality --
3. Gender. Feminist science fiction. Women and aliens. Case study: ursula le guin, the left hand of darkness (1969) --
4. Race. Representing race. Race and star trek. Alien abduction. Case study: blackness in sonnenfeld's men in black (1997) --
5. Technology and metaphor. Spaceships. Robots. Cyberspace. Case study: william gibson, neuromancer (1984) --
6. Conclusion.

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