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Bezig met laden... The History of Science Fiction (Palgrave Histories of Literature) (origineel 2006; editie 2006)door Adam Roberts
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Adam Roberts is an academic literary critic who moonlights as a science fiction novelist, short story writer, and parodist. His History of Science Fiction is an academic work with a definite, somewhat restrictive thesis. Science fiction, Roberts argues, reflects a cultural divide that began with the Protestant Reformation. Technological fiction was largely a Protestant interest, while Catholic writers tended to stick with fantasy and mysticism in the Platonic tradition. He sees the evolution of science fiction as a continuing dialogue between these two poles, represented most clearly by H. G. Wells and J. R. R. Tolkien. Roberts is a careful enough scholar to qualify such sweeping generalizations with sometimes maddening frequency. He has translated Jules Verne and written books on Wells and Tolkien. It is no surprise that he offers especially good readings of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, From Earth to the Moon, The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He gives the pulp era short shrift, and he laments that Gravity’s Rainbow was beaten in the 1973 Nebula Awards by the more traditional Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke. With the advent of multimedia science fiction texts like the Star Wars saga, Roberts says that science fiction is a primarily visual genre, not a literary one. He offers an especially good analysis of 2001: A Space Odyssey, a work that fits his thesis perfectly. Roberts’ history lacks the readable snark of Brian W. Aldiss’s The Trillion Year Spree, but it offers a worthwhile, if not always convincing, argument on the cultural meaning of science fiction. 4 stars ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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The History of Science Fiction traces the origin and development of science fiction from Ancient Greece up to the present day. The author is both an academic literary critic and acclaimed creative writer of the genre. Written in lively, accessible prose it is specifically designed to bridge the worlds of academic criticism and SF fandom. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)809.38762Literature By Topic History, description and criticism of more than two literatures Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery and Speculative Fiction Speculative Fiction Science FictionLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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