| Edition |
First Routledge pbk. edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 251 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Genres in context
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Genres in context.
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| Note |
Originally published in hardcover by Twayne Publishers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-217) and index. |
| Contents |
The culture of science fiction : rationalizing genre -- From the steam man to the stars -- Science fiction outside genre SF -- Countercultures of science fiction : resisting genre -- New and newer waves. |
| Summary |
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 developed in the twentieth century from the dime store novel through the New Wave of the '60s, the cyberpunk '80s, and soft agenda SF of the '90s. The writers he examines range for E.M. Forster and John W. Campbell to Philip K. Dick and Ursula K. Le Guin. He also examines the large body of criticism now devoted to the genre and includes a bibliographic essay and a list of recommended titles. -- PUBLISHER DESCRIPTION. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Science fiction -- History and criticism.
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Science fiction. |
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Fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Landon, Brooks. Science fiction after 1900. First Routledge pbk. edition 0415938880 (DLC) 2002026724 (OCoLC)50143935 |
| ISBN |
9781136761188 (electronic book) |
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1136761187 (electronic book) |
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0415938880 |
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9780415938884 |
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