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1 online resource (1 electronic resource (xvi, 334 pages)) |
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Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 53 |
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Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 53.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-319) and index. |
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Print version record; resource not viewed. |
| Contents |
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'. |
| Summary |
An exploration of politics and the role of the 'soft sciences' in Science Fiction. |
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This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode. |
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Science fiction -- History and criticism.
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Literary studies: from c 1900 -.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Science Fiction & Fantasy.
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Science fiction
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Science-Fiction-Literatur
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Literature |
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literary studies |
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science fiction |
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hard reading. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2016 9781781382615 (DLC) 2015298310 |
| ISBN |
9781781384398 (electronic bk.) |
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1781384398 (electronic bk.) |
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1781382611 (hbk.) |
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9781781382615 (hbk.) |
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AU@ 000062691808 |
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CHNEW 001035472 |
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CHVBK 556239342 |
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DKDLA 820120-katalog:999892021005765 |
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UKMGB 018073455 |
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