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Science Fiction: A Guide for the Perplexed de Dr Sherryl Vint

Science Fiction: A Guide for the Perplexed: Guides for the Perplexed

Autor Dr Sherryl Vint
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 mar 2014
From its beginnings in the works of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne to the virtual worlds of William Gibson's Neuromancer and The Matrix, Science Fiction: A Guide to the Perplexed helps students navigate the often perplexing worlds of a perennially popular genre. Drawing on literature as well as example from film and television, the book explores the different answers that criticism has offered to the vexed question, 'what is science fiction?'

Each chapter of the book includes case studies of key texts, annotated guides to further reading and suggestions for class discussion to help students master the full range of contemporary critical approaches to the field, including the scientific, technological and political contexts in which the genre has flourished. Ranging from an understanding of the genre through the stereotypes of 1930s pulps through more recent claims that we are living in a science fictional moment, this volume will provide a comprehensive overview of this diverse and fascinating genre.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781441194602
ISBN-10: 1441194606
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Guides for the Perplexed

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

1. Introduction \ 2. Technologically Saturated Societies \ 3. Cognitive Estrangement \ 4. Megatext \ 5. Speculative Fiction \ 6. Culture/Community \ 7. Politics \ 8. Literature of Change \ 9. Conclusion \ Further Reading \ Index.

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Sherryl Vint is one of the sharpest science fiction critics of her generation. This is a taut, rigorous and very readable introduction to thinking historically, formally and theoretically about a genre that has steadily gained in prominence across all kinds of media over the last century. This is a fantastic start for those encountering science fiction for the first time, because it provides a tool-kit of critical resources to help formulate responses to a dynamic and exciting genre. Highly recommended.
Vint does a brilliant job of integrating important critical concepts into this sophisticated and highly readable introduction to the field of science fiction. From Suvin's "cognitive estrangement," to Luckhurst's "technologically saturated" society, the SF megatext, and science fiction as a literature of ideas, Vint offers a view of where the genre is going and why it matters that is both persuasive and empowering.
Sherryl Vint's fascinating survey of the range and variety of science fiction is full of detailed, insightful readings of important texts from the genre's early days to now. This beautifully written and admirably conceived book makes wonderful reading for newcomers to the genre and old hands alike.
A friendly, intelligent and comprehensive introduction to the aesthetics and development of science fiction. I look forward to using it in my classes.
Scarcely a month seems to go by without yet another handbook or guide to science fiction being published. Sherryl Vint's new volume, however, works on a strikingly different level from most of these publications.
My initial thought upon finishing Sherryl Vint's primer for perplexed would-be aficionados of science fiction was, 'Well. I'm never going to teach an introduction to science fiction class again without assigning this.' . Vint has managed to pack the majority of relevant sf themes into a readable book that conveys nimble research, credible tone, and a gracious voice that surely will put the perplexed at ease while gathering novitiates into the host.