Science Fiction and Futurism

Ace G Pilkington

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 58
• Science and science fiction have become inseparable--with common stories, interconnected thought experiments, and shared language. This reference book... Lees meer

Worlds Apart?

Dunja M Mohr

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 1
• Literary critics and scholars have written extensively on the demise of the "utopian spirit" in the modern novel. What has often been overlooked is th... Lees meer

Of Bread, Blood and The Hunger Games

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 35
• This collection of fresh essays on Suzanne Collins's epic trilogy spans multiple disciplines. The contributors probe the trilogy's meaning using theor... Lees meer

Stephen R. Donaldson and the Modern Epic Vision

Christine Barkley

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 17
• This critical study analyzes Stephen R. Donaldson's role as a modern writer who uses the fantasy genre to discuss situations and predicaments germane ... Lees meer

Women's Space

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 66
• From the Star Wars expanded universe to Westworld , the science fiction western has captivated audiences for more than fifty years. These twelve new e... Lees meer

Cult Telefantasy Series

Sue Short

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 30
• From The Prisoner in the 1960s to the more recent Heroes and Lost , a group of television series with strong elements of fantasy have achieved cult st... Lees meer

J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert E. Howard and the Birth of Modern Fantasy

Deke Parsons

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 47
• The birth of modern fantasy in 1930s Britain and America saw the development of new literary and film genres. J.R.R. Tolkien created modern fantasy wi... Lees meer

Welsh Mythology and Folklore in Popular Culture

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 33
• Examining how we interpret Welshness today, this volume brings together fourteen essays covering a full range of representations of Welsh mythology, f... Lees meer

The Past That Might Have Been, the Future That May Come

Lauren J Lacey

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 43
• This book explores how contemporary fantastic fiction by women writers responds to the past and imagines the future. The first two chapters look at re... Lees meer

Magic Words, Magic Worlds

Matthew Oliver

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 80
• While all fiction uses words to construct models of the world for readers, nowhere is this more obvious than in fantasy fiction. Epic fantasy novels c... Lees meer

Girls Transforming

Sanna Lehtonen

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 38
• This book explores representations of girlhood and young womanhood in recent English language children's fantasy by focusing on two fantastic body tra... Lees meer

"Hailing frequencies open"

Thomas D Parham

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 67
• Star Trek: The Next Generation blended speculative science fiction and space opera in its portrayal of communication. Multiple modes of communication ... Lees meer

I See You

Ellen Grabiner

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 34
• In the blockbuster film Avatar , science fiction and the technological prowess of director James Cameron meet in a heady concoction that, while visual... Lees meer

The Animal Fable in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Bruce Shaw

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 20
• Though animal stories and fables stretch back into the antiquity of ancient India, Persia, Greece and Rome, the reasons for writing them and their res... Lees meer

Star Wars in the Public Square

Derek R Sweet

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 50
• Speculative science fiction, with its underlying socio-political dialogue, represents an important intersection of popular culture and public discours... Lees meer

Illuminating Torchwood

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 21
• Created in 2006 as a spinoff of Doctor Who, the internationally popular BBC television series Torchwood is a unique blend of science fiction and fanta... Lees meer

Wells Meets Deleuze

Michael Starr

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 57
• The writings of H.G. Wells have had a profound influence on literary and cinematic depictions of the present and the possible future, and modern scien... Lees meer

The Archive Incarnate

Joseph Hurtgen

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 65
• We live in an information economy, a vast archive of data ever at our fingertips. In the pages of science fiction, powerful entities--governments and ... Lees meer

Science Fiction from Quebec

Amy J Ransom

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 15
• This first book-length study of French-language science fiction from Canada provides an introduction to the subgenre known as "SFQ" (science fiction f... Lees meer

Lilith in a New Light

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 10
• Considered George MacDonald's greatest work, Lilith (1895) is among the most popular and profound fantasy novels of the Victorian era. This collection... Lees meer

Environments in Science Fiction

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 44
• The all-new essays in this book respond to the question, How do spaces in science fiction, both built and unbuilt, help shape the relationships among ... Lees meer

Fantasy Literature and Christianity

Weronika Laszkiewicz

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 63
• The debate surrounding the Christian aspects of C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia , J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings , Philip Pullman's His ... Lees meer

Doctor Who in Time and Space

Gillian I. Leitch

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 39
• This collection of fresh essays addresses a broad range of topics in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who , both old (1963-1989) and n... Lees meer

Philip K. Dick

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy | nr. 69
• Philip K. Dick was a visionary writer of science fiction. His works speak to contemporary fears of being continually watched by technology, and the pa... Lees meer