Science Fiction

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"Useful at all levels, but especially for undergraduates."


Book Description
Science fiction is one of the most vigorous and exciting areas of modern culture - from ground breaking novels of ideas, to blockbusters on the cinema screen. In Science Fiction, Adam Roberts offers a clear and engaging account of the phenomenon, illustrating the critical terminology and following the contours of its ongoing history. You will find that this book:
*provides a concise history of science fiction, and explores the key concepts in SF criticism and theory
*focuses particularly on the impact that postmodernism and technological advances have had on the subject
*examines the interactions between science fiction and science fact - with events such as the moon landings, the Challenger disaster, and the film Apollo 13
*concentrates on SF in book or short-story form as well as SF on screen
*discusses in detail the categories of "the Alien," "Technology," and "the Future," looking at Cyberpunk, New Wave, and Alternative Science Fictions, as well as the mainstream


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In Science Fiction Adam Roberts offers a clear and critically engaging account of the phenomenon illustrating the critical terminology and following the contours of its continuing history.


About the Author
Adam Roberts is Lecturer in English at Royal Holloway, University of London.


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Adam Roberts examines the history of science fiction and the critical debate which surrounds this, providing beginners with a springboard for further study, but also challenging more advanced students with original interpretations of key SF texts. These range from Ursula Le Guin's 1969 feminist SF novel The Left Hand of Darkness, to Barry Sonnenfeld's 1997 blockbuster film Men in Black. Roberts introduces essential critical terminology, looking in detail at concepts of alien, cyborg, spaceship and robot, and tackling issues such as gender, race, technology and science fiction/science fact.


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