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Anne McCaffrey: A Life with Dragons

Autor Robin Roberts
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 iul 2007
Anne McCaffrey was the first women to achieve success in the field of fantasy and science-fiction writing. This biography reveals McCaffrey as a figure who creates her works by drawing on her life experiences - from restless young mother to becoming an Irish citizen, using interviews with McCaffrey, her family, friends, and colleagues.
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ISBN-13: 9781578069989
ISBN-10: 157806998X
Pagini: 243
Dimensiuni: 162 x 235 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: University Press of Mississippi

Textul de pe ultima copertă

The first woman to win the Hugo Award (given annually by the World Science Fiction convention) and the Nebula Award (given annually by the Science Fiction Writers of America), Anne McCaffrey has invented many worlds of science fiction. Her series The Dragonriders of Pern has become one of the most widely read in science fiction history. This is the first complete critical study of her work. It examines all of her novels to date, both individual and series, and reveals why she deserves the critical recognition her works have received. Roberts explores the range and complexity of her novels and the recurrent themes that have attracted so many young adults to her work: the heroine as outsider, the need for tolerance and the acceptance of difference, the importance of living harmoniously with nature, and the value of art and literature. McCaffrey's contributions to science fiction are many, including the creation of scientifically engineered dragons, brain ships, and scientifically explained mental powers such as telepathy and telekinesis. Roberts shows how McCaffrey's extrapolation of science raises social issues and causes us to think about the future. Each chapter in this study deals with an individual novel or series and features sections on genre, plot, theme, and character development. In addition, Roberts defines and applies a variety of theoretical approaches to the works to widen the reader's perspective. The study features a chapter on McCaffrey's life, including an interview with her, a chapter defining the science fiction genre and McCaffrey's place in it, and a complete bibliography of McCaffrey's fiction and of reviews and criticism. Because of her great popularity amongteenagers and adults, this study is a necessary purchase by secondary schools and public libraries.

Descriere

Robin Roberts pens a fascinating biography of award-winning writer Anne McCaffrey, the acclaimed author of the "Dragonriders of Pern" series and one of the first women to achieve international success writing fantasy and science fiction.

Notă biografică

ROBIN ROBERTS is Associate Professor of English and Women's and Gender Studies at Louisiana State University. She is the author of A New Species: Gender and Science in Science Fiction (1993), Ladies First: Feminist Music Videos (forthcoming), and numerous articles on science fiction.

Cuprins

Series Foreword by Kathleen Gregory KleinThe Life of Anne McCaffreyThe Genre of Science FictionDragonflightThe Dragonriders of PernBrain Ships and Crystal SingersThe Rowan SeriesThe Planet Pirate SeriesRestoreeThe Doona SeriesThe Powers SeriesBibliography