1st Edition

Representations of Technology in Science Fiction for Young People

By Noga Applebaum Copyright 2010
198 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

In this new book, Noga Applebaum surveys science fiction novels published for children and young adults from 1980 to the present, exposing the anti-technological bias existing within a genre often associated with the celebration of technology. Applebaum argues that perceptions of technology as a corrupting force, particularly in relation to its use by young people, are a manifestation of the... Read more

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Series Editor’s Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One: But Only God Can Make a Tree: Technology and Nature in Young SF

Chapter Two: The Last Book in the Universe: The Fate of the Humanities in a Technological World

Chapter Three: The Road Not Taken: The Impact of Technology on Narrative Structure

Chapter Four: The World Upside Down: Technology, Power and the Adult-child Relationship

Chapter Five: (Tech)Nobody’s Children: Clones and Cloning in Young Adult Literature

Conclusion: The Technophobic Legacy

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Noga Applebaum has a PhD in Children’s Literature from Roehampton University. She lectures in Children's Literature at the Open University and teaches Creative Writing at the Hampstead Garden Suburb Institute in London.

'Representations of Technology in Science Fiction for Young People is a provocative and invaluable book, especially because it forces us to confront and reevaluate our anxieties about technology and childhood.' - Journal of Children's Literature Studies