01929nam a22003494a 450099100130968970753620020719045951.0991216s2000 enk b 001 0 eng 990872230415192048 (hc)0415192056 (pbk.)b13352878-39ule_instDip.to Lingueitapcc809.3/876221Roberts, Adam(Adam Charles)256840Science fiction /Adam Roberts.London ;New York :Routledge,2000.vi, 204 p. ;21 cm.The new critical idiomIncludes bibliographical references (p. [195]-200) and index.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.Narrativa scientificaStoria e criticaFantascienzaStoria e criticaScience fictionHistory and criticism.New critical idiom..b1335287809-03-2209-11-05991001309689707536LE012 809.387 62 ROB12012000103788le012-E0.00-l- 02020.i1414789009-11-05Science fiction947463UNISALENTOle01209-11-05ma -engenk00