Reading Science Fiction de James Gunn

Reading Science Fiction

James Gunn

Marleen Barr

Matthew Candelaria

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 oct 2008

Science Fiction is illuminated by world class scholars and fiction writers, who introduce the history, concepts and contexts necessary to understanding the genre. Their groundbreaking approach provides insights into today's SF world and makes learning how to read Science Fiction an exciting collaborative process for teachers and students.

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Notă biografică

JAMES GUNN is Emeritus Professor of English at K.U. and has published more than a dozen novels and half a dozen collections of stories, and has edited more than a dozen and a half books. His best-known novels are The Immortals, The Dreamers, The Listeners, Kampus and The Joy Makers. The Immortals was filmed as The Immortal and became a TV series. His academic publications include Alternate Worlds: The Illustrated History of Science Fiction, The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, the six-volume anthology The Road to Science Fiction, The Science of Science-Fiction Writing, Speculations on Speculation: Theories of Science Fiction and Inside Science Fiction.MARLEEN S BARR is known for her pioneering work in feminist science fiction and teaches in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University. She has won the Science Fiction Research Association Pilgrim Award for lifetime achievement in science fiction criticism. Barr is the author of Alien to Feminity: Speculative Fiction and Feminist Theory, Lost in Space: Probing Feminist Science Fiction and Beyond, Feminist Fabulation: Space/Postmodern Fiction and Genre Fission: A New Discouse Practice for Cultural Studies. Barr has edited many anthologies and co-edited the special science fiction issue of PMLA.MATTHEW CANDELARIA received his PhD from the University of Kansas and has published articles on science fiction. He is recipient of the 2003 Golden Quill Award from the L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest and co-editor of Speculations on Speculation: Theories of Science Fiction.

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Notes on Contributors Introduction PART I: MAPPING SCIENCE FICTION Introduction to Part I Defining Science Fiction; E.S.Rabkin What is Science Fiction and How it Grew; H.Franklin Narrative Strategies in Science Fiction; B.Stableford There is No Such Thing as Science Fiction; M.Bould& S.Vint PART II: SCIENCE FICTION AND POPULAR CULTURE Introduction to Part II Science Fiction Movies: The Fued of Eye and Idea: G.Zebrowski The Feedback Loop; M.Cassutt Computers in Science Fiction; B.Landon Cross-Fertilizationor Coincidence? Science Fiction and Video Games; O.S.Card PART III: THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO SCIENCE FICTION Introduction to Part III Gender is a Problem That Can Be Solved: Women's SF and Feminist Theory; J.Donawerth Marxism and SF; C.Freedman Reading SF with Postcolonial Theory; M.Candelaria Encountering International Science Fiction Through a Latin American Lens; R.de Sousa Causo PART IV: READING SCIENCE FICTION IN THE CLASSROOM Introduction to Part IV Reading Science Fiction as Science Fiction; J.Gunn Reading Joanna Russ in Context: Science, Utopia and Postmodernity; J.Cortiel Reading Science Fiction's Interdisciplinary Conversation with Science and Technology Studies; D.Davis& L.Yaszek PART V: SCIENCE FICTION AND DIVERSE DISCIPLINES Introduction to Part V Neuroscience Fiction Redux; J.D.Miller Physics ThroughScience Fiction; G.Benford Science Fiction and Biology; P.Sargent Science Fiction and Philosophy; J.Gunn Science Fiction and the Internet; B.Sterling The Reading Science Fiction Blog Bibliography Index.