Science fiction and extro-science fiction / Quentin Meillassoux. by Meillassoux, Quentin

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Science Fiction and Extro-Science Fiction; The Billiard Ball.…”
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Science fiction : a historical anthology / edited and with commentary by Eric S. Rabkin.

Subjects: “…Science fiction.…”

Science fiction : a very short introduction / David Seed. by Seed, David

Table of Contents: “…Voyages into space -- Alien encounters -- Science fiction and technology -- Utopias and dystopias -- Fictions of time -- The field of science fiction.…”

Science fiction : a critical guide / edited by Patrick Parrinder.

Table of Contents: “…The literary background to science fiction / Mark R. Hillegas -- Jules Verne : the last happy utopianist / Marc Angenot -- The science fiction of H.G. …”

Science fiction : the illustrated encyclopedia / by John Clute. by Clute, John, 1940-

Subjects: “…Science fiction Encyclopedias.…”

Science fiction : a collection of critical essays / edited by Mark Rose.

Table of Contents: “…Starting points. Conquest, R. Science fiction and literature. Scholes, R. The roots of science fiction.…”

Science fiction : history, science, vision / Robert Scholes, Eric S. Rabkin. by Scholes, Robert, 1929-2016

Subjects: “…Science fiction History and criticism.…”

Science fiction : studies in film / Frederik Pohl & Frederik Pohl IV. by Pohl, Frederik

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Science fiction : Jules Verne to Ray Bradbury.

Subjects: “…Science fiction History and criticism.…”

Science Fiction.

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1 The science in science fiction -- The sound (and look) of science -- The critical potential, pleasures and politics of 'bad' science -- Unpicking science's self-image -- The social subjectivity of (mad) scientists -- The schizoid scientist, sexual terror and political complicity -- Women in the lab: body parts -- Women in the lab: scientists -- Conclusion -- 2 Sf, spectacle and self-reflexivity -- Attractions -- Spectacle, narrative and affect -- Special effects and immersivity -- The sublime -- The grotesque -- Camp -- Self-reflexivity: inanimating the animate, animating the inanimate -- Self-reflexivity: surveillance, interpellation, reification, death -- Conclusion -- 3 Sf, colonialism and globalisation -- Sf, cinema and the colonial imagination -- Sf's colonial imaginary -- Post-imperial melancholy in British sf -- Race and anti-imperialism in US countercultural sf -- Neo-liberalism and the sf of deindustrialisation -- Sf figurations of neoliberal spaces -- Representations of labour in contemporary sf -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Science Fiction : Gen- und Reproduktionstechnologie in Populären Spielfilmen. by Kailer, Katja

Table of Contents: “…-- 2 DIE REALITÄT FIKTIONALER FILME -- 2.1 Was wir von der Welt wissen, wissen wir durch die Medien -- 2.2 Fiction -- mehr als bloß Fiktion -- 2.3 Science Fiction -- filmische Repräsentationen von Wissenschaft -- 2.4 Science Fiction -- als moderne Mythen -- 2.5 Fazit -- 3 GEN- UND REPRODUKTIONSTECHNOLOGIE IN DER ÖFFENTLICHKEIT -- 3.1 Die "Entdeckung" der DNS-Doppelhelix -- 3.2 Die "Entschlüsselung" des menschlichen Genoms -- 3.3 Das Klonschaf Dolly -- 3.4 Fazit -- 4 AUSWERTUNG AUSGEWÄHLTER FILMSEQUENZEN -- 4.1 Fallauswahl und Methode -- 4.1.1 Fallauswahl -- 4.1.2 Methode -- 4.2 The 6th Day -- 4.2.1 Inhalt -- 4.2.2 Filmsequenz 1: Eröffnung -- 4.2.3 Filmsequenz 2: Der Klon als Doppelgänger -- 4.2.4 Filmsequenz 3: Auflösung der Grenze zwischen Ich und Du -- 4.2.5 Filmsequenz 4: Der Klon als Rivale -- 4.2.6 Filmsequenz 5: Der Klon als Partner -- 4.2.7 Filmsequenz 6: Klonierung als Routinehandlung I -- 4.2.8 Filmsequenz 7: Klonierung als Routinehandlung II -- 4.2.9 Filmsequenz 8: Klonierung versus Züchtung -- 4.2.10 Zusammenfassung -- 4.3 Blueprint -- 4.3.1 Inhalt -- 4.3.2 Filmsequenz 1: Eröffnung -- 4.3.3 Filmsequenz 2: Vorbild und Kopie -- 4.3.4 Filmsequenz 3: Ablösungsversuch I -- 4.3.5 Filmsequenz 4: Ablösungsversuch II -- 4.3.6 Zusammenfassung -- 4.4 GATTACA -- 4.4.1 Inhalt -- 4.4.2 Filmsequenz 1: Eröffnung -- 4.4.3 Filmsequenz 2: Reproduktion -- 4.4.4 Filmsequenz 3: Verwandtschafts- und Freundschaftsbeziehungen -- 4.4.5 Filmsequenz 4: Beruf -- 4.4.6 Filmsequenz 5: Intimbeziehungen -- 4.4.7 Filmsequenz 6: Ungewisse Zukunft -- 4.8.8 Zusammenfassung -- 4.5 Fazit -- 5 KRISENBEARBEITUNG IN POPULÄREN SPIELFILMEN -- (RE-)PRODUKTIONEN DES IMMERGLEICHEN? …”
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Science fiction : its criticism and teaching / Patrick Parrinder. by Parrinder, Patrick

Table of Contents: “…Literature and paraliterature3 SCIENCE FICTION AS ROMANCE; Contemporary mythology and the 'literature of wonder'; Functions and formulas; Domestication; Self-conscious romance; 4 SCIENCE FICTION AS FABLE; Social criticism; Cognitive estrangement; Utopia and scientific materialism; Galactic imperialism; Liberation and power; 5 SCIENCE FICTION AS EPIC; SF and the historical novel; Truncated epic; Scientific anticipation; The future histories; 6 IMITATION AND NOVELTY: AN APPROACH THROUGH SF LANGUAGE; Authenticity and the literary hoax; The language of novelty; The absent signified.…”
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Science fiction : a guide for the perplexed / Sherryl Vint. by Vint, Sherryl, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE What is science fiction?; Origins; Genre definitions; Gernsback's new sort of magazine; Science fictions; Discussion questions; CHAPTER TWO The literature of technologically saturated societies; Science and science fiction; Hard sf; Campbell's Golden Age; Science and gender; Discussion questions; CHAPTER THREE Cognitive estrangement; Cognition versus spectacle; The limits of cognitive estrangement; Science fiction as critical theory; Discussion questions; CHAPTER FOUR The megatext; Robots in the megatext.…”
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Science fiction voices : interviews with science fiction writers.

Subjects: “…Science fiction Technique.…”

American science fiction : four classic novels, 1953-1956 / Gary K. Wolfe, editor.

Subjects: “…Science fiction, American.…”

American science fiction : five classic novels, 1956-1958 / Gary K. Wolfe, editor.

Subjects: “…Science fiction, American.…”

The science fiction reboot : canon, innovation and fandom in refashioned franchises / Heather Urbanski. by Urbanski, Heather, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…"Our destinies have changed": events and process -- Alien terrorists in New York: setting and place -- Family relations and tensions: actors and characters -- Medical student to FBI agent: actors and functions -- Narrative worlds of science fiction -- World building: alternative narratologies for science fiction -- The franchise world: the role of narrative context and canon -- The "real" world: traces of the cultural context -- Afterword: the fandom experience.…”

Metamorphoses of science fiction : on the poetics and history of a literary genre / Darko Suvin. by Suvin, Darko, 1930-

Subjects: “…Science fiction History and criticism.…”

Science fiction film : a critical introduction / Keith M. Johnston. by Johnston, Keith M., 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Genre, theory and science fiction -- Reading science fiction -- Science fiction and technology -- 1895-1950 : origins of a genre -- 1950-70 : defining a genre -- 1970-90 : science fiction and the blockbuster -- 1990-2010 : science fiction and the mainstream -- 'Adventure dramas of the future' : creating genre -- Genre and spectacle in science fiction trailers -- Science fiction, audiences and the Internet.…”

The science fiction handbook / edited by Nick Hubble and Aris Mousoutzanis.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Nick Hubble -- The Historical Context of Science Fiction / Nick Hubble -- An Annotated Science Fiction Timeline / Joseph Norman -- Major Science Fiction Authors / Nick Hubble, Emma Filtness and Joseph Norman -- Case Studies in Reading 1: Key Primary Literary Texts / Christopher Daley -- Case Studies in Reading 2: Key Theoretical and Critical Texts in Science Fiction Studies / Jessica Langer -- Key critical concepts, topics and critics / David M. …”