03359nam 22006611 450 991078913840332120131029094724.01-4725-9389-81-4411-0281-71-4411-1960-410.5040/9781472593894(CKB)3710000000082565(EBL)1589532(SSID)ssj0001113168(PQKBManifestationID)11945092(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001113168(PQKBWorkID)11165598(PQKB)11042957(MiAaPQ)EBC1589532(OCoLC)869377189(UtOrBLW)bpp09256655(MiAaPQ)EBC6158761(EXLCZ)99371000000008256520140929d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrScience fiction a guide for the perplexed /Sherryl VintLondon ;New York :Bloomsbury Academic,2014.1 online resource (217 p.)Guides for the perplexedDescription based upon print version of record.1-4411-9460-6 1-4411-1874-8 Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Technologically Saturated Societies -- 3. Cognitive Estrangement -- 4. Megatext -- 5. Speculative Fiction -- 6. Culture/Community -- 7. Politics -- 8. Literature of Change -- 9. Conclusion -- Further Reading -- Index."From its beginnings in the works of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne to the virtual worlds of William Gibson's Neuromancer and The Matrix, Science Fiction: A Guide to the Perplexed helps students navigate the often perplexing worlds of a perennially popular genre. Drawing on literature as well as example from film and television, the book explores the different answers that criticism has offered to the vexed question, 'what is science fiction?' Each chapter of the book includes case studies of key texts, annotated guides to further reading and suggestions for class discussion to help students master the full range of contemporary critical approaches to the field, including the scientific, technological and political contexts in which the genre has flourished. Ranging from an understanding of the genre through the stereotypes of 1930s pulps through more recent claims that we are living in a science fictional moment, this volume will provide a comprehensive overview of this diverse and fascinating genre."--Bloomsbury Publishing.Guides for the perplexed.Science fiction filmsStudy and teachingScience fictionStudy and teachingScience fiction, AmericanStudy and teachingScience fiction, EnglishStudy and teachingFilms, cinemaScience fiction filmsStudy and teaching.Science fictionStudy and teaching.Science fiction, AmericanStudy and teaching.Science fiction, EnglishStudy and teaching.809.3/8762071LIT004260PER004000bisacshVint Sherryl1969-1467191UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910789138403321Science fiction3677766UNINA