Science Fiction (Hardcover, 2nd edition)

"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 offers:
- A concise history of science fiction and the ways in which the genre has been used and defined
- Explanations of key concepts in SF 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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The New Critical Idiom
Release date:	December 2005
First published:	2006
Authors:	Adam Roberts
Series editors:	John Drakakis
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	168
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-36667-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General
LSN:	0-415-36667-4
Barcode:	9780415366670

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