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Simultaneous Worlds

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Author : Jennifer L. Feeley
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2015-10-01

Simultaneous Worlds written by Jennifer L. Feeley and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-01 with Art categories.

Since the 1927 release of Fritz Lang’s pioneer film Metropolis, science fiction cinema has largely been regarded a Western genre. In Simultaneous Worlds, Jennifer L. Feeley and Sarah Ann Wells showcase authors who challenge this notion by focusing on cinemas and cultures, from Cuba to North Korea, not traditionally associated with science fiction. This collection introduces films about a metal-eating monster who helps peasants overthrow an exploitative court, an inflatable sex doll who comes to life, a desert planet where matchsticks are more valuable than money, and more. Simultaneous Worlds is the first volume to bring a transnational, interdisciplinary lens to science fiction cinema. Encountering some of the best emerging and established voices in the field, readers will become immersed in discussions of well-known works such as the Ghost in the Shell franchise and Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 alongside lesser-known but equally fascinating works by African, Asian, European, and South American filmmakers. Divided into five parts that cover theoretical concerns such as new media economies, translation, the Global South, cyborgs, and socialist and postsocialist cinema, these essays trace cinema’s role in imagining global communities and power struggles. Considering both individual films and the broader networks of production, distribution, and exhibition, Simultaneous Worlds illustrates how film industries across the globe take part in visualizing the perils of globalization and technological modernity. Ultimately, this book opens new ways of thinking about world cinema and our understanding of the world at large.

Ethical Futures And Global Science Fiction

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Author : Zachary Kendal
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Release Date : 2020-01-28

Ethical Futures And Global Science Fiction written by Zachary Kendal and has been published by Palgrave Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-28 with Literary Criticism categories.

Ethical Futures and Global Science Fiction explores the ethical concerns and dimensions of representations of the future of global science fiction, focusing on the issues that dominate utopian, dystopian and science fiction literature. The essays examine recent visions of the future in science fiction and re-examine earlier texts through contemporary lenses. Across fourteen chapters, the collection considers authors from Algeria, Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Macedonia, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, the UK and USA. The volume delves into a range of ethical questions of immediate contemporary relevance, including environmental ethics, postcolonial ethics, social justice, animal ethics and the ethics of alterity.

The Reincarnated Giant

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Author : Mingwei Song
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2018-09-04

The Reincarnated Giant written by Mingwei Song and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-04 with Fiction categories.

A new wave of Chinese science fiction is here. This golden age has not only resurrected the genre but also subverted its own conventions. Going beyond political utopianism and technological optimism, contemporary Chinese writers conjure glittering visions and subversive experiments—ranging from space opera to cyberpunk, utopianism to the posthuman, and parodies of China’s rise to deconstructions of the myth of national development. This anthology showcases the best of contemporary science fiction from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the People’s Republic of China. In fifteen short stories and novel excerpts, The Reincarnated Giant opens a doorway into imaginary realms alongside our own world and the history of the future. Authors such as Lo Yi-chin, Dung Kai-cheung, Han Song, Chen Qiufan, and the Hugo winner Liu Cixin—some alive during the Cultural Revolution, others born in the 1980s—blur the boundaries between realism and surrealism, between politics and technology. They tell tales of intergalactic war; decoding the last message sent from an extinct human race; the use of dreams as tools to differentiate cyborgs and humans; poets’ strange afterlife inside a supercomputer; cannibalism aboard an airplane; and unchecked development that leads to uncontrollable catastrophe. At a time when the Chinese government promotes the “Chinese dream,” the dark side of the new wave shows a nightmarish unconscious. The Reincarnated Giant is an essential read for anyone interested in the future of the genre.

Global Science Fiction

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Author : Gary Westfahl
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2025-06-09

Global Science Fiction written by Gary Westfahl and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-06-09 with Literary Criticism categories.

Science fiction represents a diverse community of writers and readers that spans the entire world. This collection provides a global tour of the genre, with essays about Latin American, European, African, Arabic, Indian, Japanese, and Chinese science fiction providing insights about how writers around the world have explored and reinvigorated the genre. Essays by prominent critics from five continents inform about particular cultures and analyze representative texts by authors such as Tobias S. Buckell, Lourenco Mutarelli, Stanislaw Lem, Masande Ntshanga, Tawfiq Al-Hakim, Anil Menon, and Cixin Liu. The contributing scholars examine how national experiences have shaped these narratives, which often differ strikingly from Anglo-American science fiction. An introductory survey of foreign-language science fiction in the United States endeavors to explain why so many of these texts have remained unknown to Anglophone readers. An extensive bibliography lists numerous resources for further study of science fiction from various parts of the world.

The World Of Science Fiction 1926 1976

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Author : Lester del Rey
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-05-18

The World Of Science Fiction 1926 1976 written by Lester del Rey and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-18 with Literary Criticism categories.

This book, first published in 1980, is a guide to the major forces in the subculture of science fiction. It analyses the history of the field and the related developments, for instance the Bomb, that have shaped the literature. It examines the complex of activity and background tradition, the body of accepted beliefs and conventions, and the ethics and values of the world of science fiction.

Ethical Futures And Global Science Fiction

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Author : Zachary Kendal
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-01-27

Ethical Futures And Global Science Fiction written by Zachary Kendal and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-27 with Literary Criticism categories.

Science Fiction In Translation

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Author : Ian Campbell
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-01-01

Science Fiction In Translation written by Ian Campbell and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-01 with Fiction categories.

Science Fiction in Translation: Perspectives on the Global Theory and Practice of Translation focuses on the process of translation and its implications. The volume explores the translation of works of science fiction (SF) from one language to another and the translation of SF tropes, terms, and ideas of SF theory into cultures outside the West. Providing a comprehensive examination of the state of translation into English, the essays consider how representative the body of translated work of SF is from the source language/culture. It also considers the social, political, and economic choices in selecting a work to translate. The book illustrates the dramatic growth both in SF production outside the Anglosphere, the translation of works from other languages into English, and the practice of translating English-language SF into other languages. Altogether, the essays map the theory, practice, and business of SF translation around the world.

Forrest J Ackerman S World Of Science Fiction

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Author : Forrest J. Ackerman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998

Forrest J Ackerman S World Of Science Fiction written by Forrest J. Ackerman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Fantasy - History and criticism categories.

Featuring hundreds of colour illustrations F orrest J. Ackerman''s vast treasure house of memorabilia, pho tographs and ephemera from the world of science fiction make up the bulk of this guide that takes the reader on a specta cular journey into the genre. '

Global Frankenstein

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Author : Carol Margaret Davison
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Release Date : 2018-10-24

Global Frankenstein written by Carol Margaret Davison and has been published by Palgrave Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-24 with Literary Criticism categories.

Consisting of sixteen original essays by experts in the field, including leading and lesser-known international scholars, Global Frankenstein considers the tremendous adaptability and rich afterlives of Mary Shelley’s iconic novel, Frankenstein, at its bicentenary, in such fields and disciplines as digital technology, film, theatre, dance, medicine, book illustration, science fiction, comic books, science, and performance art. This ground-breaking, celebratory volume, edited by two established Gothic Studies scholars, reassesses Frankenstein’s global impact for the twenty-first century across a myriad of cultures and nations, from Japan, Mexico, and Turkey, to Britain, Iraq, Europe, and North America. Offering compelling critical dissections of reincarnations of Frankenstein, a generically hybrid novel described by its early reviewers as a “bold,” “bizarre,” and “impious” production by a writer “with no common powers of mind”, this collection interrogates its sustained relevance over two centuries during which it has engaged with such issues as mortality, global capitalism, gender, race, embodiment, neoliberalism, disability, technology, and the role of science.

Living In Space

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Author : Giovanni Caprara
language : en
Publisher: Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books
Release Date : 2000

Living In Space written by Giovanni Caprara and has been published by Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Science categories.

Discusses the different space stations from the Star Wars station to the International Space Station.

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