| Description |
1 online resource (352 pages). |
| Series |
Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 53 |
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Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 53.
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| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents ; Figures ; Note on References ; A Personal Preface ; What SF Is ; 1 Introduction Coming Out of the Science Fiction Closet ; Learning to Read Science Fiction; 2 Introduction Rejecting Gesture Politics; Literary Gatekeepers and the Fabril Tradition ; 3 Introduction Getting Away from the Facilior Lectio ; Semiotic Ghosts and Ghostlinesses in the Work of Bruce Sterling ; SF and Change ; 4 Introduction Getting Serious with the Fans ; Science Fiction and the Idea of History ; 5 Introduction Getting to Grips with the Issue of Cultures. |
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Cultural Engineering: A Theme in Science Fiction 6 Introduction And Not Fudging the Issue!; "People are Plastic": Jack Vance and the Dilemma of Cultural Relativism; 7 Introduction SF Authors Really Mean what they Say; Alternate Historians: Newt, Kingers, Harry and Me ; 8 Introduction A Revealing Failure by the Critics ; Kingsley Amis's Science Fiction and the Problems of Genre ; 9 Introduction A Glimpse of Structuralist Possibility ; The Golden Bough and the Incorporations of Magic in Science Fiction ; 10 Introduction Serious Issues, Serious Traumas, Emotional Depth. |
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The Magic Art and the Evolution of Words: Ursula Le Guin's "Earthsea" Trilogy SF and Politics ; 11 Introduction A First Encounter with Politics; The Cold War in Science Fiction, 1940-1960 ; 12 Introduction Language Corruption, and Rocking the Boat ; Variations on Newspeak: The Open Question of Nineteen Eighty-Four ; 13 Introduction Just Before the Disaster ; The Fall of America in Science Fiction ; 14 Introduction Why Politicians, and Producers, Should Read Science Fiction ; The Critique of America in Contemporary Science Fiction ; 15 Introduction Saying (When Necessary) the Lamentable Word. |
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Starship Troopers, Galactic Heroes, Mercenary Princes: The Military and its Discontents in Science References ; Index. |
| Summary |
An exploration of politics and the role of the 'soft sciences' in Science Fiction. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-319) and index. |
| Note |
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Shippey, T. A. -- Books and reading.
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Shippey, T. A. (OCoLC)fst00112735
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Science fiction -- History and criticism.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Science Fiction & Fantasy.
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Literary studies: from c 1900 -.
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Books and reading. (OCoLC)fst00836454
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Science fiction. (OCoLC)fst01108566
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Science-Fiction-Literatur.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Shippey, Tom. Hard Reading : Learning from Science Fiction. Oxford : Liverpool University Press, ©2016 |
| ISBN |
9781781384398 (electronic bk.) |
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1781384398 (electronic bk.) |
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9781781382615 (electronic bk.) |
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1781382611 (electronic bk.) |
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