Speculative epistemologies : an eccentric account of SF from the 1960s to the present / John Rieder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rieder, John, author.

Series:

Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 70.

Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 70

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Speculative fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Speculative fiction.

Speculative fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

Science fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Science fiction.

Science fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

viii, 183 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Speculative epistemologies : an eccentric account of science fiction from the 1960s to the present

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2021.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. SF, Disciplinary Knowledge, and Mass Culture

2. The Canonical Marginality of Pamela Zoline's "The Heat Death of the Universe"

3. How Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony Became SF

4. Power and the Proper Fiction in Samuel R. Delany's "The Tale of Plagues and Carnivals"

5. Theodore Roszak's The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein and the Feminist Critique of Science

6. Albert Wendt's Postcolonial Wonderwork: The Adventures of Vela

7. What Kind of Genre Fiction Is This? Donna Haraway's "The Camille Stories"

8. Conclusion: Truth and SF in 2021.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-173) and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

1800855419

9781800855410

OCLC:

1240771430