LEADER 04062nam 2200541Ia 450 001 9910962866703321 005 20241122233012.0 010 0 $a1444310356 010 $a9781444310351 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7104575 035 $a(CKB)24989761400041 035 $a(PPN)151098875 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC428197 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL428197 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10303770 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL211716 035 $a(OCoLC)476272987 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924989761400041 100 $a20081023d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#|||uuuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe science fiction handbook /$fM. Keith Booker and Anne-Marie Thomas 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChichester, West Sussex ;$aMalden, MA $cWiley-Blackwell Pub.$d2009 215 $avii, 348 p 225 1 $aWiley Blackwell Literature Handbooks Series 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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). 327 $aKim 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 -- Index. 330 $a"This book represents an extremely useful pedagogical tool, that will find a home in both research libraries and undergraduate classrooms."--Phillip Wegner, University of Florida. 410 0$aWiley Blackwell Literature Handbooks Series 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$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 615 0$aScience fiction, English$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aScience fiction, American$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aScience fiction$xHistory and criticism 676 $a823.087609 700 $aBooker$b M. Keith$01133899 701 $aThomas$b Anne-Marie$01857507 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bt 912 $a9910962866703321 996 $aThe science fiction handbook$94458377 997 $aUNINA