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010 _z 2019668039
020 _a9781781384398
020 _z9781781382615
035 _a(OCoLC)1138064726
040 _aMdBmJHUP
_cMdBmJHUP
100 1 _aShippey, T. A.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aHard Reading: Learning from Science Fiction /
_cTom Shippey.
264 1 _aLiverpool :
_bLiverpool University Press,
_c2016.
264 3 _aBaltimore, Md. :
_bProject MUSE,
_c2020
264 4 _c©2016.
300 _a1 online resource (256 pages).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aLiverpool science fiction texts and studies ;
_v53
505 0 _aWhat SF is. Coming out of the science fiction closet : 'Learning to read science fiction' -- Rejecting gesture politics : 'Literary gatekeepers and the fabril tradition' -- Getting away from the facilior lectio : 'Semiotic ghosts and ghostlinesses in the work of Bruce Sterling' -- SF and change. Getting serious with the fans : 'Science fiction and the idea of history' -- Getting to grips with the issue of cultures ... : 'Cultural engineering: a theme in science fiction' -- ... and not fudging the issue! : '"People are plastic": Jack Vance and the dilemma of cultural relativism' -- SF authors really mean what they say : 'Alternate historians: Newt, Kingers, Harry and me' -- A revealing failure by the critics : 'Kingsley Amis's science fiction and the problems of genre' -- A glimpse of structuralist possibility : 'The golden bough and the incorporations of magic in science fiction' -- Serious issues, serious traumas, emotional depth : 'The magic art and the evolution of words: Ursula Le Guin's "Earthsea" trilogy' -- SF and politics. A first encounter with politics : 'The Cold War in science fiction, 1940-1960' -- Language corruption, and rocking the boat : 'Variations on newspeak: the open question of Nineteen eighty-four' -- Just before the disaster : 'The fall of America in science fiction' -- Why politicians, and producers, should read science fiction : 'The critique of America in contemporary science fiction' -- Saying (when necessary) the lamentable word : 'Starship troopers, galactic heroes, mercenary princes: the military and its discontents in science fiction'.
506 0 _aOpen Access
_fUnrestricted online access
_2star
520 _aAn exploration of politics and the role of the 'soft sciences' in Science Fiction.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 7 _aScience-Fiction-Literatur
_2gnd
650 7 _aScience fiction.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01108566
650 7 _aLITERARY CRITICISM
_xScience Fiction & Fantasy.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
_xLiterary.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aLiterary studies: from c 1900 -.
_2bicssc
650 0 _aScience fiction
_xHistory and criticism.
655 7 _aCriticism, interpretation, etc.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01411635
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
_edistributor
830 0 _aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/72669/
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