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Informationen zum Autor David Seed is Professor in the School of English at Liverpool University. He has published books on Joseph Heller, Thomas Pynchon, science fiction and the Cold War, and cultural representations of brainwashing. He edits the Science Fiction series of Liverpool University Press and serves as a consulting editor for the journal Science Fiction Studies. Klappentext A Companion to Science Fiction assembles essays by an international range of scholars that discuss the contexts, themes and methods used by science fiction writers. It conveys the scale and variety of science fiction and also shows how science fiction novels have been used as a means of debating cultural issues. The first section of the volume addresses general topics, such as the history and origins of the genre, its engagement with science and gender, and national variations of science fiction around the English-speaking world. It also maps out connections between science fiction, television, the cinema, virtual-reality technology, and other aspects of the culture. The next section is devoted to major figures, such as H.G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ursula Le Guin. Finally, the Companion offers close discussions of key novels, from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale . Zusammenfassung A Companion to Science Fiction assembles essays by an international range of scholars which discuss the contexts! themes and methods used by science fiction writers. * This Companion conveys the scale and variety of science fiction. * Shows how science fiction has been used as a means of debating cultural issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors ix Introduction: Approaching Science Fiction 1 PART I Surveying the Field 9 1 Hard Reading: The Challenges of Science Fiction 11 Tom Shippey 2 The Origins of Science Fiction 27 George Slusser 3 Science Fiction/Criticism 43 Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr. 4 Science Fiction Magazines: The Crucibles of Change 60 Mike Ashley PART II Topics and Debates 77 5 Utopia 79 Phillip E. Wegner 6 Science Fiction and Religion 95 Stephen R.L. Clark 7 "Monsters of the Imagination": Gothic, Science, Fiction 111 Fred Botting 8 Science Fiction and Ecology 127 Brian Stableford 9 Feminist Fabulation 142 Marleen S. Barr 10 Time and Identity in Feminist Science Fiction 156 Jenny Wolmark 11 Science Fiction and the Cold War 171 M. Keith Booker PART III Genres and Movements 185 12 Hard Science Fiction 187 Gary Westfahl 13 The New Wave 202 Rob Latham 14 Cyberpunk 217 Mark Bould 15 Science Fiction and Postmodernism 232 Veronica Hollinger 16 The Renewal of "Hard" Science Fiction 248 Donald M. Hassler PART IV Science Fiction Film 259 17 American Science Fiction Film: An Overview 261 Vivian Sobchack 18 Figurations of the Cyborg in Contemporary Science Fiction Novels and Films 275 Christine Cornea 19 British Television Science Fiction 289 Peter Wright PART V The International Scene 307 20 Canadian Science Fiction 309 Douglas Barbour 21 Japanese and Asian Science Fiction 323 Takayuki Tatsumi 22 Australian Science Fiction 337 Van Ikin and Sean McMullen PART VI Key Writers 351 23 The Grandeur of H.G. Wells 353 Robert Crossley 24 Isaac Asimov 364 John Clute 25 John Wyndham: The Facts of Life Sextet 375 David Ketterer 26 Philip K. Dick 389 Christopher Palmer
