LEADER 04684nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910454636003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-78268-932-X 010 $a1-282-11716-5 010 $a9786612117169 010 $a1-4443-1035-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000719873 035 $a(EBL)428197 035 $a(OCoLC)476272987 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000365610 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11260646 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365610 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10403279 035 $a(PQKB)10709892 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC428197 035 $a(PPN)151098875 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL428197 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10303770 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL211716 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000719873 100 $a20081023d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe science fiction handbook$b[electronic resource] /$fM. Keith Booker and Anne-Marie Thomas 210 $aChichester, West Sussex ;$aMalden, MA $cWiley-Blackwell Pub.$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (358 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4051-6205-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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) 327 $aSamuel 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 Mie?ville (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) 327 $aFrederik 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) 327 $aNalo Hopkinson, Midnight Robber (2000)China Mie?ville, Perdido Street Station (2000); Ian McDonald, River of Gods (2005); Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Index 330 $aThe 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 science 606 $aScience fiction, English$xHistory and criticism$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 606 $aScience fiction, American$xHistory and criticism$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 606 $aScience fiction$xHistory and criticism$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aScience fiction, English$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aScience fiction, American$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aScience fiction$xHistory and criticism 676 $a823.0876209 676 $a823/.087609 700 $aBooker$b M. Keith$0907460 701 $aThomas$b Anne-Marie$0907461 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454636003321 996 $aThe science fiction handbook$92029921 997 $aUNINA