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UNISALENTO991001309689707536 |
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Autore |
Roberts, Adam (Adam Charles) |
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Science fiction / Adam Roberts. |
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London ; New York : Routledge, 2000 |
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ISBN |
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0415192048 (hc) |
0415192056 (pbk.) |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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New critical idiom |
The new critical idiom |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Narrativa scientifica - Storia e critica |
Fantascienza - Storia e critica |
Science fiction - History and criticism |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-200) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Defining science fiction. One definition. Three definitions. The SF novum. Difference. Prediction and nostalgia. Case study: Frank Herbert, Dune (1965) -- 2. The history of science fiction: from beginnings to the 1960s. Origins. Jules Verne and H G Wells. Pulp SF. The Golden Age: Asimov. New wave. Case study: Star Wars (1977) and intertextuality -- 3. Gender. Feminist science fiction. Women and aliens. Case study: Ursula Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) -- 4. Race. Representing race. Race and Star Trek. Alien abduction. Case study: blackness in Sonnenfeld's Men in Black (1997) -- 5. Technology and metaphor. Spaceships. Robots. Cyberspace. Case study: William Gibson, Neuromancer (1984) -- 6. Conclusion. |
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