Lingua cosmica : science fiction from around the world / edited by Dale Knickerbocker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Knickerbocker, Dale, 1962- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science fiction--History and criticism.

Science fiction.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxi, 236 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2018]

Summary:

"In recent years, there has been a rapid growth in interest by scholars in the US, the UK, and Anglophone Canada in science fiction from other regions. Organizations dedicated to science fiction and fantasy literatures worldwide have sprung up outside the Anglophone axis, several anthologies have appeared that either include or are entirely dedicated to international sf, and awards have been established to promote and reward scholarship and translation in the field. Genre studies journals have produced international-, area-, or nation-themed special issues. Despite all of this interest, scholarship on the topic is still in its infancy. Lingua Cosmica serves to introduce figures worthy of belonging to an international sf canon, filling the gap between survey-type studies and articles focusing on only one work. This volume features eleven essays by leading scholars on international sf authors/filmmakers: Daina Chaviano (Cuba), Jacek Dukaj (Poland), Jean-Claude Dunyach (France), Andreas Eschbach (Germany), Angelica Gorodischer (Argentina), Sakyo Komatsu (Japan), Liu Cixin (China), Laurent McAllister (Canada), Olatunde Osunsanmi (Nigerian-US American), Johanna Sinisalo (Finland), and Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (USSR/Russia). All of these authors possess one thing in common: there is little or no scholarship in English on their work"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Daína Chaviano's Science-Fiction Oeuvre: Fables of an Extraterrestrial Grandmother / Juan Carlos Toledano Redondo Redondo, Juan Carlos Toledano 1

Jacek Dukaj's Science Fiction as Philosophy / Pawel Frelik Frelik, Pawel 22

Jean-Claude Dunyach, Poet of the Flesh / Natacha Vas-Deyres Vas-Deyres, Natacha 39

Andreas Eschbach's Futures and Germany's Past / Vibeke Rützou Petersen Petersen, Vibeke Rützou 52

Angélica Gorodischer: Only a Storyteller / Yolanda Molina-Gavilán Molina-Gavilán, Yolanda 73

Sakyo Komatsu's Planetary Imagination: Reading Virus and the Day of Resurrection / Tatsumi Takayuki Takayuki, Tatsumi 95

Liu Cixin's Three-Body Trilogy: Between the Sublime Cosmos and the Micro Era / Mingwei Song Song, Mingwei 107

Laurent McAllister: Rhizomatic Space and the Posthuman / Amy J. Ransom Ransom, Amy J. 129

Olatunde Osunsanmi and Living the Transatlantic Apocalypse: The Fourth Kind / Alexis Brooks de Vita Vita, Alexis Brooks de 151

Johanna Sinisalo and the New Weird: Genres and Myths / Hanna-Riikka Roine Roine, Hanna-Riikka, Hanna Samola Samola, Hanna 183

Arkady and Boris Strugatsky: The Science-Fictionality of Russian Culture / Yvonne Howell Howell, Yvonne 201.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780252041754

0252041755

9780252083372

0252083377

OCLC:

1004763633