Science Fiction
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Science Fictionis 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:
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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 Darknessto 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.
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The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction Shares science fiction, nonfiction, literary criticism -
The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction Shares science fiction, nonfiction, lit crit -
Critical Theory and Science Fiction Shares science fiction, nonfiction, lit crit -
The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World Shares science fiction, nonfiction, literary criticism
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Archaeologies of the Future: The Desire Called Utopia and Other Science Fictions
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The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
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Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion: The TV Series, the Movies, the Comic Books and More: The Essential Guide to the Whedonverse
