The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction

Herausgeber: Canavan, Gerry; Link, Eric Carl

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 474g
• ISBN-13: 9781107694279
• ISBN-10: 1107694272
• Artikelnr.: 41960940

Inhaltsangabe

1. The mightiest machine: the development of American science fiction from the 1920s to the 1960s Gary Westfahl
2. Dangerous visions: new-wave and post-new-wave science fiction Darren Harris-Fain
3. American science fiction after 9/11 David M. Higgins
4. Afrofuturism in American science fiction Lisa Yaszek
5. Feminist and queer science fiction in America Alexis Lothian
6. The futures market: American utopias Mark Bould
7. American slipstream: science fiction and literary respectability Rob Latham
8. Hollywood science fiction Sherryl Vint
9. US superpower and superpowered Americans in science fiction and comic books Matthew Costello
10. Digital games and science fiction Patrick Jagoda
11. Fandom and fan culture Karen Hellekson
12. American frontiers John Rieder
13. Science, technology and the environment Priscilla Wald
14. American weird Roger Luckhurst
15. After America Rebekah C. Sheldon.