02213nam 22004933 450 991077027180332120240228182239.09783031422355(electronic book)3-031-42235-X10.1007/978-3-031-42235-5(CKB)29449663800041(MiAaPQ)EBC31063541(Au-PeEL)EBL31063541(OCoLC)1415238690(EXLCZ)992944966380004120240124d2024 uy 0engurcnu|||uuuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHistory and Speculative FictionFirst edition.Cham :Palgrave Macmillan,2024.©2024.1 online resource (293 pages)9783031422348 This open access book demonstrates that despite different epistemological starting points, history and speculative fiction perform similar work in “making the strange familiar” and “making the familiar strange” by taking their readers on journeys through space and time. Excellent history, like excellent speculative fiction, should cause readers to reconsider crucial aspects of their society that they normally overlook or lead them to reflect on radically different forms of social organization. Drawing on Gunlög Fur’s postcolonial concept of concurrences, and with contributions that explore diverse examples of speculative fiction and historical encounters using a variety of disciplinary approaches, this volume provides new perspectives on colonialism, ecological destruction, the nature of humanity, and how to envision a better future.Science fictionSpeculative fictionHistorical fictionPostcolonialismScience fiction.Speculative fiction.Historical fiction.Postcolonialism.809.3876Hennessey John L.1986-1587186MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910770271803321History and Speculative Fiction3874606UNINA