Science Fiction Criticism: An Anthology of Essential by Rob Latham PDF

Science Fiction Criticism: An Anthology of Essential by Rob Latham PDF

By Rob Latham

ISBN-10: 1474248616

ISBN-13: 9781474248617

ISBN-10: 1474248624

ISBN-13: 9781474248624

together with greater than 30 crucial works of technological know-how fiction feedback in one quantity, it is a complete advent to the examine of this enduringly well known style. Science Fiction feedback: An Anthology of crucial Writings covers such issues as:

·Definitions and bounds of the genre
·The many types of technological know-how fiction, from time go back and forth to 'inner space'
·Ideology and identification: from utopian delusion to feminist, queer and environmental readings
·The non-human: androids, extraterrestrial beings, cyborgs and animals
·Race and the legacy of colonialism

the amount additionally positive aspects annotated courses to additional examining on those topics.

contains writings by way of: Marc Angenot, J.G. Ballard, Damien Broderick, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Samuel R. Delany, Philip ok. Dick, Grace Dillon, Kodwo Eshun, Carl Freedman, Allison de Fren, Hugo Gernsback, Donna Haraway, N. Katherine Hayles, Robert A. Heinlein, Nalo Hopkinson, Veronica Hollinger, Fredric Jameson, Gwyneth Jones, Rob Latham, Roger Luckhurst, Judith Merril, John B. Michel, Wendy Pearson, John Rieder, Lysa Rivera, Joanna Russ, Mary Shelley, Stephen Hong Sohn, Susan Sontag, Bruce Sterling, Darko Suvin, Vernor Vinge, Sherryl Vint, H.G. Wells, David Wittenberg and Lisa Yaszek

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