Contemporary visions of the future have been shaped by hopes and
fears about the effects of human technology and global capitalism
on the natural world. In an era of climate change, mass extinction,
and oil shortage, such visions have become increasingly
catastrophic, even apocalyptic. Exploring the close relationship
between science fiction, ecology, and environmentalism, the essays
in Green Planets consider how science fiction writers have been
working through this crisis. Beginning with H. G. Wells and passing
through major twentieth-century writers like Ursula K. Le Guin,
Stanislaw Lem, and Thomas Disch to contemporary authors like
Margaret Atwood, China Mieville, and Paolo Bacigalupi--as well as
recent blockbuster films like Avatar and District 9--the essays in
Green Planets consider the important place for science fiction in a
culture that now seems to have a very uncertain future. The book
includes an extended interview with Kim Stanley Robinson and an
annotated list for further exploration of "ecological SF" and
related works of fiction, nonfiction, films, television, comics,
children's cartoons, anime, video games, music, and more.
Contributors include Christina Alt, Brent Bellamy, Sabine Hohler,
Adeline Johns-Putra, Melody Jue, Rob Latham, Andrew Milner, Timothy
Morton, Eric C. Otto, Michael Page, Christopher Palmer, Gib
Prettyman, Elzette Steenkamp, Imre Szeman.
General
| Imprint: |
Wesleyan University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
April 2014 |
| First published: |
April 2014 |
| Editors: |
Gerry Canavan
• Kim Stanley Robinson
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
295 |
| Edition: |
annotated edition |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8195-7427-5 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
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| LSN: |
0-8195-7427-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780819574275 |
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