LEADER 04229nam 2200613 a 450 001 996214585403316 005 20240410075431.0 010 $a1-78268-492-1 010 $a1-280-19874-5 010 $a9786610198740 010 $a1-4051-6502-2 010 $a0-470-99705-2 010 $a1-4051-4458-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342101 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000126171 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11144386 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000126171 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10031093 035 $a(PQKB)11743900 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC233085 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL233085 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10158751 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL19874 035 $a(OCoLC)475939575 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342101 100 $a20041029d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 02$aA companion to science fiction$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by David Seed 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMalden, MA $cBlackwell Pub.$d2005 215 $axvi, 612 p 225 1 $aBlackwell companions to literature and culture ;$v34 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-4051-8437-X 311 $a1-4051-1218-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : Approaching science fiction -- pt. I. Surveying the field. Hard reading : the hard reading : the challenges of science fiction / Tom Shippey -- The origins of science fiction / George Slusser -- Science fiction/criticism / Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr. -- Science-fiction magazines : the crucibles of change / MIke Ashley -- pt. II. Topics and debates. Utopia / Phillip E. Wegner -- Science, fiction and religion / Stephen R.L. Clark -- "Monsters of the imagination" : Gothic,science, fiction / Fred Botting -- Science fiction and ecology / Brian Stableford -- Feminist fabulation / Marleen S. Barr -- Time and identity in feminist science fiction / Jenny Wolmark -- Science fiction and the Cold War / M. Keith Booker -- pt. III. Genres and movements. Hard science fiction / Gary Westfahl -- The new wave / Rob Latham -- Cyberpunk / Mark Bould -- Science fiction and postmodernism / Veronica Hollinger -- The renewal of "hard" science fiction / Donald M. Hassler -- pt. IV. Science fiction film. American science fiction film : an overview / Vivian Sobchack -- Figurations of the cyborg in contemporary science fiction novels and fiction / Christine Cornea -- British television science fiction / Peter Wright -- pt. V. The international scene. Canadian science fiction / Douglas Barbour -- Japanese and Asian science fiction / Takayuki Tatsumi -- Australian science fiction / Van Ikin and Sean McMullen -- 327 $apt. VI. Key writers. The grandeur of H.G. Wells / Robert Crossley -- Isaac Asimov / John Clute -- John Wyndham : the facts of life sextet / David Ketterer -- Philip Dick / Christopher Palmer -- Samuel Delaney : a biographical and critical overview / Carl Freedman -- Ursula K. Le Guin / Warren G. Rochelle -- Gwyneth Jones anxietiesanxities of science fiction / Andy Sawyer -- Arthur C. Clarke / Edward James -- Greg Egan / Russell Blackford -- pt. VII. Readings. Mary Shelley : Frankenstein : or, the modern Prometheus / Susan E. Lederer and Richard M. Ratzan -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman : Herland / Jill Rudd -- Aldous Huxley : Brave new world / David Seed -- Ray Bradbury : Fahrenheit 451 / Brian Baker -- Joanna Russ : The female man / Jeanne Cortiel -- J.G. Ballard : Crash / Roger Luckhurst -- Margaret Atwood : The handmaid's tale / Faye Hammill -- William Gibson : Neuromancer / Andrew M. Butler -- Kim Stanley Robinson : Mars trilogy / Carol Franko -- Iain M. Banks : Excession / Farah Mendlesohn. 410 0$aBlackwell companions to literature and culture ;$v34. 606 $aScience fiction$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aScience fiction$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a809.3/8762 701 $aSeed$b David$0169157 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996214585403316 996 $aA companion to science fiction$92066340 997 $aUNISA