American Science Fiction
Title | American Science Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Various |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012-09-27 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1598531573 |
Collects nine classic science fiction novels from 1953 to 1958.
The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction
Title | The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction PDF eBook |
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.
American Science Fiction and the Cold War
Title | American Science Fiction and the Cold War PDF eBook |
Author | David Seed |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 223 |
Release | 2013-10-31 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1135953821 |
American Science Fiction--in both literature and film--has played a key role in the portrayal of the fears inherent in the Cold War. The end of this era heralds the need for a reassessment of the literary output of the forty-year period since 1945. Working through a series of key texts, American Science Fiction and the Cold War investigates the political inflections put on American narratives in the post-war decades by Cold War cultural circumstances. Nuclear holocaust, Russian invasion, and the perceived rise of totalitarianism in American society are key elements in the author's exploration of science fiction narratives that include Fahrenheit 451, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and Dr. Strangelove.
Race in American Science Fiction
Title | Race in American Science Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Isiah Lavender |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | 287 |
Release | 2011-02-08 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0253222591 |
Noting that science fiction is characterized by an investment in the proliferation of racial difference, Isiah Lavender III argues that racial alterity is fundamental to the genre's narrative strategy. Race in American Science Fiction offers a systematic classification of ways that race appears and how it is silenced in science fiction, while developing a critical vocabulary designed to focus attention on often-overlooked racial implications. These focused readings of science fiction contextualize race within the genre's better-known master narratives and agendas. Authors discussed include Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, and Ursula K. Le Guin, among many others.
Screening Space
Title | Screening Space PDF eBook |
Author | Vivian Carol Sobchack |
Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | 356 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9780813524924 |
This text attempts to shape definitions of the American science fiction film, studying the connection between the films and social preconceptions. It covers many classic films and discusses their import, seeking to rescue the genre from the neglect of film theorists. The book should appeal to both film buff and fans of science fiction.
The Rise and Fall of American Science Fiction, from the 1920s to the 1960s
Title | The Rise and Fall of American Science Fiction, from the 1920s to the 1960s PDF eBook |
Author | Gary Westfahl |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 312 |
Release | 2019-11-28 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1476674949 |
By examining important aspects of science fiction in the twentieth century, this book explains how the genre evolved to its current state. Close critical attention is given to topics including the art that has accompanied science fiction, the subgenres of space opera and hard science fiction, the rise of science fiction anthologies, and the burgeoning impact of the marketplace on authors and works. Included are in-depth studies of key texts that contributed to science fiction's growth, including Philip Francis Nowlan's first Buck Rogers story, the first published stories of A. E. van Vogt, and the early juveniles of Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and Robert Heinlein.
Future Perfect
Title | Future Perfect PDF eBook |
Author | Howard Bruce Franklin |
Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | 412 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780813521527 |
Critics, science fiction writers, scientists, and scholars throughout the world hailed the original publication of Future Perfect in 1966 as a book that would transform our evaluation of science fiction and our understanding of American culture. The praise has proved well founded, for Future Perfect has been more responsible than any other single work for the recognition of the value and significance of science fiction.