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New Boundaries in Political Science Fiction
Donald M. Hassler
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Description for New Boundaries in Political Science Fiction
Hardcover. Surveying the vast expanse of politically charged science fiction, this book posits that the defining dilemma for these tales rests in whether identity and meaning germinate from progressive linear changes or progress or from a continuous return to primitive realities of war, death, and the competition for survival. Editor(s): Hassler, Donald M.; Wilcox, Clyde. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: APF; DSBH; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
This book offers an interpretation of the evolution of a growing genre in literary, film, and television.As a follow-up to their 1997 collection ""Political Science Fiction"" Hassler and Wilcox have assembled twenty-four noted international scholars representing diverse fields of inquiry to assess the influential voices and trends from the past decade in ""New Boundaries in Political Science Fiction"". The terrors and technologies that permeate our daily lives have changed radically in the past decade, further highlighting the underlying speculations on our contested future that remain the core of this genre. In surveying the vast expanse of politically charged science fiction ... Read more
This book offers an interpretation of the evolution of a growing genre in literary, film, and television.As a follow-up to their 1997 collection ""Political Science Fiction"" Hassler and Wilcox have assembled twenty-four noted international scholars representing diverse fields of inquiry to assess the influential voices and trends from the past decade in ""New Boundaries in Political Science Fiction"". The terrors and technologies that permeate our daily lives have changed radically in the past decade, further highlighting the underlying speculations on our contested future that remain the core of this genre. In surveying the vast expanse of politically charged science fiction ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Univ of South Carolina Pr
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
South Carolina, United States
ISBN
9781570037368
SKU
V9781570037368
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About Donald M. Hassler
Donald M. Hassler is a professor of English at Kent State University. The executive editor of Extrapolation, he has published books on Erasmus Darwin, Isaac Asimov, Hal Clement, and others. Clyde Wilcox is a professor of government at Georgetown University. His numerous previous books include Onward Christian Soldiers? The Religious Right in American Politics and The Politics of Same-Sex Marriage. ... Read more
Reviews for New Boundaries in Political Science Fiction
Fascinating; a clear insight into current and highly informed thinking on matters as diverse as the political implications of Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek as a kind of Philosophy 101, and sexuality in Brazilian science fiction. That it works as a startling and highly germane overview of recent trends in American thinking about the U.S.'s own role in the world is ... Read more