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Science, Technology and Magic in The Witcher - A Medievalist Spin on Modern Monsters (Paperback)
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Science, Technology and Magic in The Witcher - A Medievalist Spin on Modern Monsters (Paperback)
Series: Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy 83
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As Andrzej Sapkowski was fleshing out his character Geralt of Rivia
for a writing contest, he did not set out to write a science
textbook--or even a work of science fiction. However, the world
that Sapkowski created in his series The Witcher resulted in a
valuable reflection of real-world developments in science and
technology. As the Witcher books have been published across
decades, the sorcery in the series acts as an extension of the
modern science it grows alongside. This book explores the
fascinating entanglement of science and magic that lies at the
heart of Sapkowski's novel series and its widely popular video game
and television adaptations. This is the first English-language
book-length treatment of magic and science in the Witcher universe.
These are examined through the lenses of politics, religion,
history and mythology. Sapkowski's richly detailed universe
investigates the sociology of science and ponders some of the most
pressing modern technological issues, such as genetic engineering,
climate change, weapons of mass destruction, sexism, speciesism and
environmentalism. Chapters explore the unsettling realization that
the greatest monsters are frequently human, and their heinous acts
often involve the unwitting hand of science.
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