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Science fiction : toward a world literature / George Slusser ; edited by Gary Westfahl ; foreword by N. Katherine Hayles ; afterword by Gregory Benford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Slusser, George Edgar, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction--History and criticism.
- Science fiction.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Literary criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (367 pages)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2022.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2022]
- Summary:
- In this work, renowned scholar George Slusser analyzes science fiction's history by focusing on important thinkers, overlooked by other critics, who made key contributions to the development of science fiction as a global literature.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Notes on the Text
- Introduction
- Ch01. The Paradigms of Science Fiction
- Ch02. Fraternal Frontiers
- Ch03. Future Liberty
- Ch04. Extending the Mind Circle
- Ch05. Genre at the Crossroads
- Ch06. Bernal's Masterplot and the Transhuman Promise
- Ch07. Each Man Is an Island
- Conclusion
- Afterword
- A Brief Bibliography of the Works of George Slusser
- Works Cited
- Index
- About the Authors.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-9787-2939-1
- 1-66690-536-4
- OCLC:
- 1289370915
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