{"product_id":"between-science-and-society-charting-the-space-of-science-fiction-9781793605733","title":"Between Science and Society: Charting the Space","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Between Science and Society: Charting the Space of Science Fiction, Douglas A. Van Belle uses interviews with 24 science fiction authors to analyze the conceptual space that science fiction occupies between science and society. Using these interviews, Van Belle studies the similarities and differences between the academic and professional understandings of the genre. Between Science and Society argues that, for authors, all of the aspects of the genre that are emphasized by academics, such as science communication and depictions of scientists, are secondary to the artistic effort to entertain through storytelling. Through his interviews, Van Belle explores both the genre’s place in relation to science and society and key elements to surviving as a professional science fiction author. Van Belle creates a definition of science fiction based on the creative ideals expressed by these authors and compared to those that arise from the academic perspective, showing that academics are struggling to engage one of the two central ideals of the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Heresy as Method\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: The Interviews\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Kevin J. Anderson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Steven Barnes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Greg Bear\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Gregory Benford\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Ben Bova\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: David Brin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Brenda Cooper\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Stephen R. Donaldson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Eric Flint\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11: David Gerrold\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Joe Haldeman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13: Ian Irvine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Nancy Kress\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 15: Jack McDevitt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 16: Rebeccas Moesta\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 17: Simon Morden\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 18: Larry Niven\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 19: Robert J. Sawyer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 20: Karl Schroeder\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 21: Melinda Snodgrass\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 22: Stephen Michael (S.M.) Sterling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 23: Charles Stross\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 24: Vernor Vinge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 25: Connie Willis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 26: Charting the Space of Science Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 27: Storytelling as the Essential, Defining Element of Science Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 28: Science as the Rules of the Game\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 29: The Science Fiction Community and a Sketch of the Science Fiction Ecosystem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 30: The Academic Implications of How the Creators of Science Fiction Define Science Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042617196887,"sku":"9781793605733","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781793605733.jpg?v=1750954872","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/between-science-and-society-charting-the-space-of-science-fiction-9781793605733","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}