04684nam 2200685Ia 450 991045463600332120200520144314.01-78268-932-X1-282-11716-597866121171691-4443-1035-6(CKB)1000000000719873(EBL)428197(OCoLC)476272987(SSID)ssj0000365610(PQKBManifestationID)11260646(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365610(PQKBWorkID)10403279(PQKB)10709892(MiAaPQ)EBC428197(PPN)151098875(Au-PeEL)EBL428197(CaPaEBR)ebr10303770(CaONFJC)MIL211716(EXLCZ)99100000000071987320081023d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe science fiction handbook[electronic resource] /M. Keith Booker and Anne-Marie ThomasChichester, West Sussex ;Malden, MA Wiley-Blackwell Pub.20091 online resource (358 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4051-6205-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.The Science Fiction Handbook; Contents; Part 1 Introduction; Science Fiction in Western Culture; Part 2 Brief Historical Surveys of Science Fiction Subgenres; The Time-Travel Narrative; The Alien Invasion Narrative; The Space Opera; Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction; Dystopian Science Fiction; Utopian Fiction; Feminism, Science Fiction, and Gender; Science Fiction and Satire; Cyberpunk and Posthuman Science Fiction; Multicultural Science Fiction; Part 3 Representative Science Fiction Authors; Isaac Asimov (1920-1992); Margaret Atwood (1939-); Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006)Samuel R. Delany (1942-)Philip K. Dick (1928-1982); William Gibson (1948-); Nicola Griffith (1960-); Joe Haldeman (1943-); Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988); Nalo Hopkinson (1960-); Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-); Ian McDonald (1960-); China Miéville (1972-); George Orwell (1903-1950); Marge Piercy (1936-); Frederik Pohl (1919-); Kim Stanley Robinson (1952-); Neal Stephenson (1959-); H. G. Wells (1866-1946); Part 4 Discussions of Individual Texts; H. G. Wells, The Time Machine (1895); H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds (1898); George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949); Isaac Asimov, I, Robot (1950)Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kormbluth, The Space Merchants (1952)Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers (1959); Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968); Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed (1974); Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (1974); Marge Piercy, Woman on the Edge of Time (1976); Samuel R. Delany, Trouble on Triton (1976); William Gibson, Neuromancer (1984); Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale (1985); Octavia Butler, ''Xenogenesis'' Trilogy (1987-1989); Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash (1992); Nicola Griffith, Ammonite (1994); Kim Stanley Robinson, ''Mars'' Trilogy (1993-1996)Nalo Hopkinson, Midnight Robber (2000)China Miéville, Perdido Street Station (2000); Ian McDonald, River of Gods (2005); Glossary; Selected Bibliography; IndexThe Science Fiction Handbook offers a comprehensive and accessible survey of one of the literary world's most fascinating genres. Includes separate historical surveys of key subgenres including time-travel narratives, post-apocalyptic and post-disaster narratives and works of utopian and dystopian science fictionEach subgenre survey includes an extensive list of relevant critical readings, recommended novels in the subgenre, and recommended films relevant to the subgenreFeatures entries on a number of key science fiction authors and extensive discussion of major scienceScience fiction, EnglishHistory and criticismHandbooks, manuals, etcScience fiction, AmericanHistory and criticismHandbooks, manuals, etcScience fictionHistory and criticismHandbooks, manuals, etcElectronic books.Science fiction, EnglishHistory and criticismScience fiction, AmericanHistory and criticismScience fictionHistory and criticism823.0876209823/.087609Booker M. Keith907460Thomas Anne-Marie907461MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454636003321The science fiction handbook2029921UNINA