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Fiction 2000
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Author : George Edgar Slusser
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 1992
Fiction 2000 written by George Edgar Slusser and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Literary Criticism categories.
Will novels and stories be relevant in the next millennium, when the boundaries between illusion and reality, and observer and observed, may dissipate in a whirl of images, signals and data? This essay collection divines the prospects of fiction in the information age by examining cyberpunk literature. A movement less than a decade old, cyberpunk is driven by deep concerns about society, ethics, and new technology and has been defined as the literature of the first generation of science-fiction writers actually to live in a science-fiction world. These essays were first presented at the 1989 annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, the field's most prestigious international gathering. They address concerns common not only to cyberpunk and traditional science-fiction scholars, critics, and writers but to their counterparts outside the genre as well. Interdisciplinary in perspective, the essays consider the origins of cyberpunk, the appropriation of its conventions by the mass media, the literature's paradoxical retrogressive/iconoclastic nature, cyberpunk's affinities to and deviations from both traditional science fiction and postmodernist literature, the parameters and components of the cyberpunk canon, and the movement's future course. Some essays are theoretical, but all are grounded in works familiar to serious science-fiction readers: Neuromancer, Frontera, Deserted Cities of the Heart, Islands in the Net, Great Sky River, the Mirrorshades anthology, and others; cyberpunk TV and cinema like the Max Headroom programs, Blade Runner, and Tron; and precursory literature, including Frankenstein, Le Roman de l'avenir, Ralph I24C 41 +, and A Clockwork Orange. Useful for its views on a volatile science-fiction subgenre, Fiction 2000 is also valuable for what it tells us about the fate of mainstream literature.
The Kite Runner
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Author : Khaled Hosseini
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2011-09-05
The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-05 with Fiction categories.
Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.
Fiction 2000
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Author : George Edgar Slusser
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis US
Release Date : 1992
Fiction 2000 written by George Edgar Slusser and has been published by Taylor & Francis US this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Literary Criticism categories.
Deals with cyberpunk, science fiction and
Inversions
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Author : Iain M. Banks
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2023-12-05
Inversions written by Iain M. Banks and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-05 with Fiction categories.
Originally published: London: Orbit, 1998.
The Routledge Companion To Science Fiction
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Author : Mark Bould
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-03-30
The Routledge Companion To Science Fiction written by Mark Bould and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-30 with Fiction categories.
The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction is a comprehensive overview of the history and study of science fiction. It outlines major writers, movements, and texts in the genre, established critical approaches and areas for future study. Fifty-six entries by a team of renowned international contributors are divided into four parts which look, in turn, at: history – an integrated chronological narrative of the genre’s development theory – detailed accounts of major theoretical approaches including feminism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, cultural studies, postcolonialism, posthumanism and utopian studies issues and challenges – anticipates future directions for study in areas as diverse as science studies, music, design, environmentalism, ethics and alterity subgenres – a prismatic view of the genre, tracing themes and developments within specific subgenres. Bringing into dialogue the many perspectives on the genre The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction is essential reading for anyone interested in the history and the future of science fiction and the way it is taught and studied.
Science Fiction
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Author : Adam Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006-06-19
Science Fiction written by Adam Roberts and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-19 with Literary Criticism categories.
Science Fiction is a fascinating and comprehensive introduction to one of the most popular areas of modern culture. This second edition reflects how the field is rapidly changing in both its practice and its critical reception. With an entirely new conclusion and all other chapters fully reworked and updated, this volume includes: a concise history of science fiction and the ways in which the genre has been used and defined explanations of key concepts in Science Fiction criticism and theory through chapters such as Gender, Race, Technology and Metaphor examines the interactions between Science Fiction and Science Fact anchors each chapter with a case study drawn from short story, book or film, from Frank Herbert’s Dune to Star Wars, from The Left Hand of Darkness to Neuromancer. Introducing the reader to nineteenth-century, Pulp, Golden Age, New Wave, Feminist and Cyberpunk science fictions, this is the essential contemporary guide to a major cultural movement.
Cyberpunk Women Feminism And Science Fiction
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Author : Carlen Lavigne
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2013-01-30
Cyberpunk Women Feminism And Science Fiction written by Carlen Lavigne and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
This analysis of cyberpunk science fiction written between 1981 and 2003 positions women's cyberpunk in the larger cultural discussion of feminist issues. It traces the origins of the genre, reviews the critical reactions and outlines the ways in which women's cyberpunk advances points of view that are specifically feminist. Novels are examined within their cultural contexts; their content is compared to broader controversies within contemporary feminism, and their themes are revealed as reflections of feminist discourse around the turn of the 21st century. Chapters cover topics such as globalization, virtual reality, cyborg culture, environmentalism, religion, motherhood and queer rights. Interviews with feminist cyberpunk authors are provided, revealing both their motivations for writing and their experiences with fans. The study treats feminist cyberpunk as a unique vehicle for examining contemporary women's issues and analyzes feminist science fiction as a complex source of political ideas.
Look To Windward
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Author : Iain Banks
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2002
Look To Windward written by Iain Banks and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Caste categories.
Eight hundred years after the most horrific battle of the Idiran war, light from its world-destroying detonations is about to reach the Masaq Orbital, home to the Culture. Major Quilan has supposedly come to take the exiled Composer Ziller back to their war-ravaged home world, Chel. But despite the major's civilized veneer, his true mission may be the death and destruction of an entire civilization.
Postmodern Science Fiction And Temporal Imagination
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Author : Elana Gomel
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2010-08-26
Postmodern Science Fiction And Temporal Imagination written by Elana Gomel and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
Are we living in a post-temporal age? Has history come to an end? This book argues against the widespread perception of postmodern narrativity as atemporal and ahistorical, claiming that postmodernity is characterized by an explosion of heterogeneous narrative "timeshapes" or chronotopes. Chronological linearity is being challenged by quantum physics that implies temporal simultaneity; by evolutionary theory that charts multiple time-lines; and by religious and political millenarianism that espouses an apocalyptic finitude of both time and space. While science, religion, and politics have generated new narrative forms of apprehending temporality, literary incarnations can be found in the worlds of science fiction. By engaging classic science-fictional conventions, such as time travel, alternative history, and the end of the world, and by situating these conventions in their cultural context, this book offers a new and fresh perspective on the narratology and cultural significance of time.
Contemporary British Novel Since 2000
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Author : James Acheson
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2017-01-17
Contemporary British Novel Since 2000 written by James Acheson and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-17 with Literary Criticism categories.
Focuses on the novels published since 2000 by twenty major British novelistsThe Contemporary British Novel Since 2000 is divided into five parts, with the first part examining the work of four particularly well-known and highly regarded twenty-first century writers: Ian McEwan, David Mitchell, Hilary Mantel and Zadie Smith. It is with reference to each of these novelists in turn that the terms arealist, apostmodernist, ahistorical and apostcolonialist fiction are introduced, while in the remaining four parts, other novelists are discussed and the meaning of the terms amplified. From the start it is emphasised that these terms and others often mean different things to different novelists, and that the complexity of their novels often obliges us to discuss their work with reference to more than one of the terms.Also discusses the works of: Maggie OFarrell, Sarah Hall, A.L. Kennedy, Alan Warner, Ali Smith, Kazuo Ishiguro, Kate Atkinson, Salman Rushdie, Adam Foulds, Sarah Waters, James Robertson, Mohsin Hamid, Andrea Levy, and Aminatta Forna.