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100	1		_aRoberts, Adam
245	1	0	_aScience fiction _c/ Adam Roberts.
260			_aLondon : _aNew York : _bRoutledge, _c2000
300			_avi, 204 p. ; _c21 cm.
650		0	_aScience fiction _xHistory and criticism.
942			_cBK
505	0		_a1. 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.