A Companion to Science Fiction

A Companion to Science Fiction
Author: David Seed
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages: 612
Release: 2005-09-12
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781405112185

A Companion to Science Fiction assembles essays by an international range of scholars which discuss the contexts, themes and methods used by science fiction writers. This Companion conveys the scale and variety of science fiction. Shows how science fiction has been used as a means of debating cultural issues. Essays by an international range of scholars discuss the contexts, themes and methods used by science fiction writers. Addresses general topics, such as the history and origins of the genre, its engagement with science and gender, and national variations of science fiction around the English-speaking world. Maps out connections between science fiction, television, the cinema, virtual reality technology, and other aspects of the culture. Includes a section focusing on major figures, such as H.G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ursula Le Guin. Offers close readings of particular novels, from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale.

The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction

The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction
Author: Adam Roberts
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 577
Release: 2009-03-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1135228361

The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction is a comprehensive overview of the history and study of science fiction. It outlines major writers, movements, and texts in the genre, established critical approaches and areas for future study. Fifty-six entries by a team of renowned international contributors are divided into four parts which look, in turn, at: history – an integrated chronological narrative of the genre’s development theory – detailed accounts of major theoretical approaches including feminism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, cultural studies, postcolonialism, posthumanism and utopian studies issues and challenges – anticipates future directions for study in areas as diverse as science studies, music, design, environmentalism, ethics and alterity subgenres – a prismatic view of the genre, tracing themes and developments within specific subgenres. Bringing into dialogue the many perspectives on the genre The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction is essential reading for anyone interested in the history and the future of science fiction and the way it is taught and studied.

The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction

The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction
Author: Eric Carl Link
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2015-01-26
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1107052467

This Companion explores the relationship between the ideas and themes of American science fiction and their roots in the American cultural experience.

A Companion to Wolves

A Companion to Wolves
Author: Sarah Monette
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2008-07-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780765357786

Two of fantasy's hottest new talents deliver the story of Isolfr, a young nobleman, who is chosen to become a wolfcarl--a warrior who is bonded to a fighting wolf. Isolfr is deeply drawn to the wolves, and though as his father's heir he can refuse the call, he chooses to accept it.

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Author: Randall Frakes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2018-05-15
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1683835905

This companion to the AMC’s mini-series features the full interviews plus essays by sci-fi insiders and rare concept art from Cameron’s archives. For the show, James Cameron personally interviewed six of the biggest names in science fiction filmmaking—Guillermo del Toro, George Lucas, Christopher Nolan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ridley Scott, and Steven Spielberg—to get their perspectives on the importance of the genre. This book reproduces the interviews in full as the greatest minds in the genre discuss key topics including alien life, time travel, outer space, dark futures, monsters, and intelligent machines. An in-depth interview with Cameron is also featured, plus essays by experts in the science fiction field on the main themes covered in the show. Illustrated with rare and previously unseen concept art from Cameron’s personal archives, plus imagery from iconic sci-fi movies, TV shows, and books, James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction offers a sweeping examination of a genre that continues to ask questions, push limits, and thrill audiences around the world.

The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Science

The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Science
Author: Steven Meyer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2018-05-03
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1108548075

In 1959, C. P. Snow lamented the presence of what he called the 'two cultures': the apparently unbridgeable chasm of understanding and knowledge between modern literature and modern science. In recent decades, scholars have worked diligently and often with great ingenuity to interrogate claims like Snow's that represent twentieth- and twenty-first-century literature and science as radically alienated from each other. The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Science offers a roadmap to developments that have contributed to the demonstration and emergence of reciprocal connections between the two domains of inquiry. Weaving together theory and empiricism, individual chapters explore major figures - Shakespeare, Bacon, Emerson, Darwin, Henry James, William James, Whitehead, Einstein, Empson, and McClintock; major genres and modes of writing - fiction, science fiction, non-fiction prose, poetry, and dramatic works; and major theories and movements - pragmatism, critical theory, science studies, cognitive science, ecocriticism, cultural studies, affect theory, digital humanities, and expanded empiricisms. This book will be a key resource for scholars, graduate students, and undergraduate students alike.

Reading Science Fiction

Reading Science Fiction
Author: James Gunn
Publisher: Red Globe Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0230527183

Reading Science Fiction brings together world class scholars and fiction writers to introduce the history, concepts and contexts necessary to understanding this fascinating genre. Comprehensive and engaging, Reading Science Fiction includes: * Explores a wide range of theoretical approaches to studying science fiction, such as gender studies, post-colonial studies and structuralism * Maps the definitions and history of science fiction, including its origin, influences and parallel development with modern society * Introduces major science fiction writers such as Arthur C. Clarke, Joanna Russ, Octavia Butler and Kim Stanley Roberts. This work provides valuable insights into the world of science-fiction, this thought-provoking textbook makes learning how to read science fiction an exciting and collaborative process for teachers and students alike.

Hard Reading

Hard Reading
Author: T. A. Shippey
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2016
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1781382611

An exploration of politics and the role of the 'soft sciences' in Science Fiction.