The science fiction handbook [[electronic resource] /] / M. Keith Booker and Anne-Marie Thomas

• Autore: Booker M. Keith
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell Pub., 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (358 p.)
• Disciplina: 823.0876209; 823/.087609
• Soggetto topico: Science fiction, English - History and criticism; Science fiction, American - History and criticism; Science fiction - History and criticism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ThomasAnne-Marie
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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); Kim 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
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The science fiction handbook
• ISBN: 1-78268-932-X; 1-282-11716-5; 9786612117169; 1-4443-1035-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454636003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II