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Star warriors of the modern Raj : materiality, mythology and technology of Indian science fiction / Sami Ahmad Khan.
Van Pelt Library PR9492.6.S34 K43 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Khan, Sami Ahmad, 1985- author.
- Series:
- New dimensions in science fiction
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction, Indic (English)--History and criticism.
- Science fiction, Indic (English).
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 252 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2021.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 SF-101
- 1. Whoever Loses, SF Wins
- 2. INS Forward unto Delhi
- 3. Prayers in the Rain
- pt. 2 Materiality
- pt. 2 Prologue The Altar of Alterity: The Others of ISFE
- 4. The Civilisational Other
- 5. The Social Other
- 6. The Gender(ed) Other
- pt. 2 Epilogue Materiality Strikes Back
- pt. 3 Mythology
- pt. 3 Prologue Hey Bhagwan, the ET has Landed!
- 7. Aliens < Gods: Gods as Extraterrestrials (From Other Planets)
- 8. Gods > Time: Gods as Socio-political Indictments (From Other Temporal Locations)
- 9. Technology + Gods: Gods as Hyperintelligences (From Other Technological Axes)
- 10. Mythic Scientific
- pt. 3 Epilogue Revenge of the Myth
- pt. 4 Technology
- pt. 4 Prologue Beat, Prey, Love
- 11. Genetic Manipulations: Genetic Engineering and Natural Selection in The Beast with Nine Billion Feet, The Butterfly Effect and `The Tide Turns Again'
- 12. Cyberistan: Digital is the New Real in Domechild, `Catatonic' and `The Coward'
- 13. CBRN Warfare: Living the Apocalypse in `Gandhi Toxin', `Exile' and `Taking a Shortcut'
- 14. Alien Disruptions: ET'Conservation Laws', `Peripeteia' and `The Tetrahedron'
- 15. Environmental Degradation: Global Climate Change in `Rain', `Sharing Air' and Leila
- pt. 4 Epilogue The Technology Awakens
- pt. 5 Conclusion
- 16. ISFE: A New Hope.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-242) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 1786837625
- 9781786837622
- OCLC:
- 1223066324
- Publisher Number:
- 99988130987
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