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Existential Science Fiction (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,179
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Existential Science Fiction (Hardcover): Ryan Lizardi

Existential Science Fiction (Hardcover)

Ryan Lizardi

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This book explores contemporary existential science fiction media, including film, television, and video games, and their influence on society's conceptions of memory, identity, and humanity. Most poignantly, Ryan Lizardi argues, are the ways in which a recent cluster of science fiction media, including Gravity (2013), Interstellar (2014), Legion (2017-2019), Westworld (2016-present), Soma (2015), and Death Standing (2019), among others, present a vision of the future that is inextricably tied to an exploration of humanity that is more contemplative and comparative than traditional science fiction. The combination of the existential nature of this current trend in science fiction with the genre's ability to manifest these abstract concepts in a generic environment that is historically focused on new frontiers and ideas creates a powerful set of media texts that ask audiences to contemplate what it means to exist, think, and connect as human beings. Scholars of media studies, film studies, television studies, genre studies, and philosophy will find this book particularly useful.

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Imprint: Lexington Books
Country of origin: United States
Release date: 2022
Authors: Ryan Lizardi
Dimensions: 239 x 160 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 978-1-79364-735-1
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Television
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies
Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General
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LSN: 1-79364-735-6
Barcode: 9781793647351

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