Science Fiction - The New Critical Idiom by Adam Roberts - Softcover 2006

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History of Science Fiction
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2nd Edition
ISBN
9780415366687
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
0415366682
ISBN-13
9780415366687
eBay Product ID (ePID)
46928469

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
168 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Science Fiction
Subject
Science Fiction & Fantasy, General, Semiotics & Theory
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism
Author
Adam Roberts
Series
The New Critical Idiom Ser.
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
6.4 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number
2
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2005-015456
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
809.38762
Edition Description
Revised edition,New Edition
Table Of Content
1. Defining Science Fiction 2. The History of SF 3. SF and Gender 4. SF and Race 5. SF and Technology 6: Conclusion Bibliography
Synopsis
Science Fiction is a fascinating and comprehensive introduction to one of the most popular areas of modern culture. This second edition reflects how the field is rapidly changing in both its practice and its critical reception. With an entirely new conclusion and all other chapters fully reworked and updated, this volume includes: a concise history of science fiction and the ways in which the genre has been used and defined explanations of key concepts in Science Fiction criticism and theory through chapters such as Gender, Race, Technology and Metaphor examines the interactions between Science Fiction and Science Fact anchors each chapter with a case study drawn from short story, book or film, from Frank Herbert's Dune to Star Wars, from The Left Hand of Darkness to Neuromancer. Introducing the reader to nineteenth-century, Pulp, Golden Age, New Wave, Feminist and Cyberpunk science fictions, this is the essential contemporary guide to a major cultural movement., Reflecting new developments in the field, this long-awaited second edition of Adam Roberts' Science Fiction is a compelling and invaluable introduction to one of the most popular areas of modern culture. With an entirely new conclusion and updated chapters throughout, this book presents a concise history of science fiction, along with explanations of key concepts in the genre., Science Fiction is a fascinating and comprehensive introduction to one of the most popular areas of modern culture. This second edition reflects how the field is rapidly changing in both its practice and its critical reception. With an entirely new conclusion and all other chapters fully reworked and updated, this volume includes: a concise history of science fiction and the ways in which the genre has been used and defined explanations of key concepts in Science Fiction criticism and theory through chapters such as Gender, Race, Technology and Metaphor examines the interactions between Science Fiction and Science Fact anchors each chapter with a case study drawn from short story, book or film, from Frank Herbert's Dune to Star Wars , from The Left Hand of Darkness to Neuromancer . Introducing the reader to nineteenth-century, Pulp, Golden Age, New Wave, Feminist and Cyberpunk science fictions, this is the essential contemporary guide to a major cultural movement.
LC Classification Number
P96.S34R58 2006

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