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- catalog abstract ""Adam Roberts examines the history of science fiction and the critical debate which surrounds this, providing beginners with a springboard for further study, but also challenging more advanced students with original interpretations of key SF texts. These range from Ursula Le Guin's 1969 feminist SF novel The Left Hand of Darkness, to Barry Sonnenfeld's 1997 blockbuster film Men in Black. Roberts introduces essential critical terminology, looking in detail at concepts of alien, cyborg, spaceship and robot, and tackling issues such as gender, race, technology and science fiction/science fact."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11386889.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Adam Roberts examines the history of science fiction and the critical debate which surrounds this, providing beginners with a springboard for further study, but also challenging more advanced students with original interpretations of key SF texts. These range from Ursula Le Guin's 1969 feminist SF novel The Left Hand of Darkness, to Barry Sonnenfeld's 1997 blockbuster film Men in Black. Roberts introduces essential critical terminology, looking in detail at concepts of alien, cyborg, spaceship and robot, and tackling issues such as gender, race, technology and science fiction/science fact."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Defining science fiction: one definition -- Three definitions -- The SF novum -- Difference -- Prediction and nostalgia -- Case study: Frank Herbert, Dune (1965) -- 2. The history of science fiction, from beginnings to the 1960s: origins -- Jules Verne and H.G. Wells -- Pulp SF -- The golden age: Asimov -- New wave -- Case study: Star wars (1977) and intertextuality -- 3. Gender: feminist science fiction -- Women and aliens -- Case study: Ursula Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) -- 4. Race: representing race -- Race and Star trek -- Alien abduction -- Case study: blackness in Sonnenfeld's Men in black (1997) -- 5. Technology and metaphor: spaceships -- Robots -- Cyberspace -- Case study: William Gibson, Neuromancer (1984) -- 6. Conclusion.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-200) and index.".
- catalog extent "vi, 204 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Science fiction.".
- catalog identifier "0415192048 (hbk)".
- catalog identifier "0415192056 (pbk)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Science fiction.".
- catalog isPartOf "The new critical idiom".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
- catalog relation "Science fiction.".
- catalog subject "809.3/8762 21".
- catalog subject "P96.S34 R58 2000".
- catalog subject "Science fiction History and criticism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Defining science fiction: one definition -- Three definitions -- The SF novum -- Difference -- Prediction and nostalgia -- Case study: Frank Herbert, Dune (1965) -- 2. The history of science fiction, from beginnings to the 1960s: origins -- Jules Verne and H.G. Wells -- Pulp SF -- The golden age: Asimov -- New wave -- Case study: Star wars (1977) and intertextuality -- 3. Gender: feminist science fiction -- Women and aliens -- Case study: Ursula Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) -- 4. Race: representing race -- Race and Star trek -- Alien abduction -- Case study: blackness in Sonnenfeld's Men in black (1997) -- 5. Technology and metaphor: spaceships -- Robots -- Cyberspace -- Case study: William Gibson, Neuromancer (1984) -- 6. Conclusion.".
- catalog title "Science fiction / Adam Roberts.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".