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Terraforming: Ecopolitical Transformations and Environmentalism in Science Fiction /

"This book explores the emergence and development of terraforming in science fiction from H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds (1898) to James Cameron's blockbuster Avatar (2009). Terraforming is the process of making other worlds habitable for human life. Its counterpart on Earth--geoe...

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Príomhchruthaitheoir: Pak, Chris (Údar)
Formáid: Leictreonach Ríomhleabhar
Teanga:Béarla
Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2016.
Sraith:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Ábhair:
Science and state.
Planets > Environmental engineering.
Environmentalism.
Science fiction.
Space colonies in literature.
Environmentalism in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Science Fiction & Fantasy.
Fiction and related items.
Politique scientifique et technique.
Colonies spatiales dans la litterature.
Planetes > Technique de l'environnement.
Environnementalisme dans la litterature.
Science fiction > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Clár na nÁbhar:
  • Introduction : terraforming : engineering imaginary environments
  • Landscaping nature's otherness in pre-1960s terraforming and proto-Gaian stories
  • The American pastoral and the conquest of space
  • Ecology and environmental awareness in 1960s-1970s
  • Edging towards an eco-cosmopolitan vision
  • Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy
  • Conclusion.

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