1st Edition
Science Fiction After 1900 From the Steam Man to the Stars
By Brooks Landon
Copyright 1995
286 Pages
by
Routledge
286 Pages
by
Routledge
286 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 2003. Brooks Landon analyses science fiction not as a set of rules for writers, but as a set of expectations for readers. He presents science fiction as a social phenomenon that moves beyond literary experience through a sense of mission based on the belief that SF can be a tool to help you think. He offers a broad overview of the genre and the stages through which it has... Read more
Preface, Acknowledgments, Chronology, Chapter 1: The Culture of Science Fiction-Rationalizing Genre, Chapter 2: From the Steam Man to the Stars, Chapter 3: Science Fiction outside Genre SF, Chapter 4: Countercultures of Science Fiction-Resisting Genre, Chapter 5: New and Newer Waves, Notes and References, Bibliographic Essay, Recommended Titles, Index
Biography
Brooks Landon is Professor of English at the University of Iowa. He is the author of Thomas Berger and The Aesthetics of Ambivalence:Rethinking Science Fiction Film in the Age of Electronic (Re) Production.
