Lois McMaster Bujold (Modern Masters of Science Fiction) - Softcover

James, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0252080858 ISBN 13: 9780252080852

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2015

Synopsis

Readers have awarded Lois McMaster Bujold four Hugo Awards for Best Novel, a number matched only by Robert Heinlein. Her Vorkosigan series redefined space opera with its emotional depth and explorations of themes such as bias against the disabled, economic exploitation, and the role of women in society.
 
Acclaimed science fiction scholar Edward James traces Bujold's career, showing how Bujold emerged from fanzine culture to win devoted male and female readers despite working in genres--military SF, space opera--perceived as solely by and for males. Devoted to old-school ideas such as faith in humanity and the desire to probe and do good in the universe, Bujold simultaneously subverted genre conventions and experimented with forms that led her in bold creative directions. As James shows, her iconic hero Miles Vorkosigan--unimposing, physically impaired, self-conscious to a fault--embodied Bujold's thematic concerns. The sheer humanity of her characters, meanwhile, gained her a legion of fans eager to provide her with feedback, expand her vision through fan fiction, and follow her into fantasy.

About this title

Book Description

A full-length study of one of the most popular contemporary writers of science fiction and fantasy

About the Author

Edward James is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at University College Dublin. He co-edited the Hugo Award-winningCambridge Companion to Science Fiction and is the author of Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0252080858
• ISBN 13: 9780252080852
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224