Hard Reading: Learning from Science Fiction /
An exploration of politics and the role of the 'soft sciences' in Science Fiction.
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| Formáid: | Leictreonach Ríomhleabhar |
| Teanga: | Béarla |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
2016.
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Clár na nÁbhar:
- What SF is. Coming out of the science fiction closet : 'Learning to read science fiction'
- Rejecting gesture politics : 'Literary gatekeepers and the fabril tradition'
- Getting away from the facilior lectio : 'Semiotic ghosts and ghostlinesses in the work of Bruce Sterling'
- SF and change. Getting serious with the fans : 'Science fiction and the idea of history'
- Getting to grips with the issue of cultures ... : 'Cultural engineering: a theme in science fiction'
- ... and not fudging the issue! : '"People are plastic": Jack Vance and the dilemma of cultural relativism'
- SF authors really mean what they say : 'Alternate historians: Newt, Kingers, Harry and me'
- A revealing failure by the critics : 'Kingsley Amis's science fiction and the problems of genre'
- A glimpse of structuralist possibility : 'The golden bough and the incorporations of magic in science fiction'
- Serious issues, serious traumas, emotional depth : 'The magic art and the evolution of words: Ursula Le Guin's "Earthsea" trilogy'
- SF and politics. A first encounter with politics : 'The Cold War in science fiction, 1940-1960'
- Language corruption, and rocking the boat : 'Variations on newspeak: the open question of Nineteen eighty-four'
- Just before the disaster : 'The fall of America in science fiction'
- Why politicians, and producers, should read science fiction : 'The critique of America in contemporary science fiction'
- Saying (when necessary) the lamentable word : 'Starship troopers, galactic heroes, mercenary princes: the military and its discontents in science fiction'.