{"product_id":"science-fiction-9780745628936","title":"Science Fiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* This is the first volume to cover science fiction right up to the present day and includes a substantial last chapter on the rejuvenation of science fiction in the 1990s.  * Written specifically for students and non-specialists, in an accessible style throughout.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An exciting, argumentative and invaluable overview of the most interesting literature out there. Roger Luckhurst does an excellent job of embedding SF in history.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChina Miéville, author of \u003ci\u003ePerdido Street Station\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIron Council\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a well-conceived, impressively researched and eloquently argued study of Anglo-American science fiction. Combining a sweeping command of cultural-historical contexts with incisive close readings of individual texts, Roger Luckhurst illuminates over a century's worth of print and mass-media SF. Whether discussing popular concerns about the pervasive power of \"Mechanism\" in the nineteenth century or avant-gardist critiques of the media-saturated \"Society of the Spectacle\" in the 1960s, Luckhurst's consistent emphasis on how SF registers the impact of techno-scientific change gives his study a remarkable coherence. In sum, this is an essential and timely volume\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRob Latham, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Iowa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a refreshing and lively survey of a very broad field. It usefully situates science fiction in its relevant cultural context and makes a valuable contribution to the history of the genre.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Seed, \u003ci\u003eLiverpool University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I. EMERGENCE, 1880\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e1945.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Conditions of Emergence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Britain: The Scientific Romance and the Evolutionary Paradigm.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. America: Pulp Fictions and the Engineer Paradigm.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II. ELABORATION, 1945\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e1959.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. 1945: The Technocultural Conjuncture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. From Atomjocks to Cultural Critique: American SF, 1939-1959.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. ‘All that Age, Horribly Dislocated’: England After 1945.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III. DECADE STUDIES.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. The 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49930742989143,"sku":"9780745628936","price":23.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745628936.jpg?v=1738627372","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/science-fiction-9780745628936","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}