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A COMPANION TO SCIENCE FICTION
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| By: |
David Seed (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£154.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1405112182 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781405112185 |
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| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 2005 |
| Series: |
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture |
| Pages: |
632 |
| Description: |
A Companion to Science Fiction assembles essays by an international range of scholars which discuss the contexts, themes and methods used by science fiction writers. * This Companion conveys the scale and variety of science fiction. * Shows how science fiction has been used as a means of debating cultural issues. |
| Synopsis: |
"A Companion to Science Fiction" assembles essays by an international range of scholars which discuss the contexts, themes and methods used by science fiction writers. This Companion conveys the scale and variety of science fiction. This work: shows how science fiction has been used as a means of debating cultural issues; features essays by an international range of scholars discuss the contexts, themes and methods used by science fiction writers; addresses general topics, such as the history and origins of the genre, its engagement with science and gender, and national variations of science fiction around the English-speaking world; maps out connections between science fiction, television, the cinema, virtual reality technology, and other aspects of the culture; includes a section focusing on major figures, such as H.G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ursula Le Guin; and, offers close readings of particular novels, from Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" to Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale". |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) |
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Returnable |
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