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Science Fiction By:"Roger Luckhurst" Published on 2005-05-06 by Polity In this new and timely cultural history of science fiction, Roger Luckhurst examines the genre from its origins in the late nineteenth century to its latest manifestations. The book introduces and explicates major works of science fiction literature by placing them in a series of contexts, using the history of science and technology, political and economic history, and cultural theory to develop the means for understanding the unique qualities of the genre. Luckhurst reads science fiction as a literature of modernity. His astute analysis examines how the genre provides a constantly modulating record of how human embodiment is transformed by scientific and technological change and how the very sense of self is imaginatively recomposed in popular fictions that range from utopian possibility to Gothic terror. This highly readable study charts the overlapping yet distinct histories of British and American scie...

Age of Wonders By:"David G. Hartwell" Published on 2017-01-24 by Macmillan Age of Wonders: Exploring the World of Science Fiction gives an insider's view of the strange and wonderful world of science fiction, by one of the most respected editors in the field, David G. Hartwell (1941-2016). David G. Hartwell edited science fiction and fantasy for over twenty years. In that time, he worked with acclaimed and popular writers such as Robert A. Heinlein, Poul Anderson, Frank Herbert, Roger Zelazny, Robert Silverberg, Gene Wolfe, Nancy Kress, L.E. Modesitt, Terry Bisson, Lisa Goldstein, and Philip Jose Farmer, and discovered hot new talents like Kathleen Ann Goonan and Patrick O'Leary. Now in Age of Wonder, Hartwell describes the field he loved, worked in, and shaped as editor, critic, and anthologist. Like those other American art forms, jazz, comics, and rock 'n' roll, science fiction is the product of a rich and fascinating subculture. Age of Wonder is a fascinat...

Is History Fiction? By:"Ann Curthoys" Published on 2010-10-01 by ReadHowYouWant.com The relationship between history and fiction has always been a controversial one. Can we ever know that a historical narrative is giving us a true account of what actually happened? Provocative and fascinating, this book is an original and insightful examination of the ways in which history is - and might be - written. It traces History's doubleness and divided nature, beginning with its founding figures, Herodotus and Thucydides, right up to the key figures of historical reflection, such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Benedetto Croce, Walter Benjamin, Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault and Hayden White. The authors explore the challenges posed by postmodernism to history and the literary conventions of most historical writing. In this second edition they bring their history of history up to the present in their study of the History Wars and new approaches to world history and environmental history. ...

Intersections By:"George Edgar Slusser" Published on 1987 by SIU Press These 17 essays from the seventh annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference examine the relationship between fantasy and science fiction. They propose that fantasy and science fiction are not isolated commercial literary forms, but instead are literary forms worthy of the recognition reserved for traditional literature. Discussion of genre identification ranges from the standard forms of literary criticism embodied in Aristotle’s mimesis and poesis to innovative and possibly controversial points of view such as a theory of humor, a philosophy of time, and a detailed analysis of Dr. Seuss’s Cat in the Hat. The essays provide not only a detailed study of literary elements but also the historical treatment of the material, its commercial use, and its relationship to similar literary forms such as the gothic tale and horror fiction. While few of the essayists agree with one another, they all contribute creative insights...

The Science Fiction Century, Volume One By:"David G. Hartwell" Published on 2006-04-18 by Macmillan A comprehensive anthology of notable works covering one hundred years of science fiction literature includes stories from H. G. Wells and Jack Vance, noted female authors such as Nancy Kress, current authors like Bruce Sterling, and writers recognized outside the genre such as E. M. Forster and Harlan Ellison. Reprint. This Book was ranked 19 by Google Books for keyword science fiction.

Letters to a Fiction Writer By:"Frederick Busch" Published on 2000 by W. W. Norton & Company Contributors include Lee K. Abbott, Charles Baxter, Ray Bradbury, Raymond Carver, Shelby Foote, John Gardner, Joyce Carol Oates, John Updike, Tobias Wolff, and Flannery O'Connor, among others. This Book was ranked 38 by Google Books for keyword fiction.

Hugo Gernsback and the Century of Science Fiction By:"Gary Westfahl" Published on 2007-07-18 by McFarland \ This Book was ranked 31 by Google Books for keyword science fiction.

Science Fiction Cinema By:"Geoff King","Tanya Krzywinska" Published on 2000 by Wallflower Press This book charts the dimensions of one of the most popular genres in the cinema. From lurid comic-book blockbusters to dark dystopian visions, science fiction is seen as both a powerful cultural barometer of our times and the product of particular industrial and commercial frameworks. The authors outline the major themes of the genre, from representations of the mad scientist and computer hacker to the relationship between science fiction and postmodernism, exploring issues such as the meaning of special effects and the influence of science fiction cinema on the entertainment media of the digital age. Over one hundred films are discussed and the book concludes with an extensive case study of Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace. This Book was ranked 30 by Google Books for keyword science fiction.

Fiction Writer's Workshop By:"Josip Novakovich" Published on 2008-07-11 by Writer's Digest Books Offers a collection of short story examples, exercises for self-evaluation of the writer's own work, methods to gauge progress, and tips for learning self-discipline in the day-to-day process of writing. Original. 10,000 first printing. This Book was ranked 8 by Google Books for keyword fiction.

Architecture and Science-fiction Film By:"David Terrance Fortin" Published on 2011 by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. The enduring paradoxes of the home are often brought to light in science-fiction (SF) writing and film. However, while crossovers between architecture and SF have proliferated, the home is often overshadowed by the spectacle of 'otherness'. By examining the home from the estranging perspective of SF, and in particular, the films based on Phillip K. Dick's books, this work offers a unique critical analysis with particular relevance for contemporary architecture. This Book was ranked 22 by Google Books for keyword science fiction.

Joseph Conrad and the Fiction of Autobiography By:"Edward W. Said" Published on 2007-12-01 by Columbia University Press Edward W. Said locates Joseph Conrad's fear of personal disintegration in his constant re-narration of the past. Using the author's personal letters as a guide to understanding his fiction, Said draws an important parallel between Conrad's view of his own life and the manner and form of his stories. The critic also argues that the author, who set his fiction in exotic locations like East Asia and Africa, projects political dimensions in his work that mirror a colonialist preoccupation with \ This Book was ranked 25 by Google Books for keyword fiction.

Why We Read Fiction By:"Lisa Zunshine" Published on 2006 by Ohio State University Press Why We Read Fiction offers a lucid overview of the most exciting area of research in contemporary cognitive psychology known as \ This Book was ranked 23 by Google Books for keyword fiction.