The Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction

ROB LATHAM (EDITOR)

ISBN 10: 0199838844 / ISBN 13: 9780199838844

Published by Oxford University Press, 2014

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- Bump to corner of upper board and top edge of lower board - Faint mark to top edge of text block - Very minor shelfwear otherwise near new condition - Clean bright tight book in untorn dustwrapper - xv/620 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199838844
• ISBN 13: 9780199838844
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sci-Fi and Fantasy

About this title

Synopsis

The excitement of possible futures found in science fiction has long fired the human imagination, but the genre's acceptance by academe is relatively recent. No longer marginalized and fighting for respectability, science-fictional works are now studied alongside more traditional art forms. Tracing the capacious genre's birth, evolution, and impact across nations, time periods, subgenres, and media, The Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction offers an in-depth, comprehensive assessment of this robust area of scholarly inquiry and considers the future directions that will dictate the terms of the scholarly discourse.

The Handbook begins with a focus on questions of genre, covering topics such as critical history, keywords, narrative, the fantastic, and fandom. A subsequent section on media engages with film, television, comics, architecture, music, video games, and more. The genre's role in the convergence of art and everyday life animates a third section, which addresses topics such as UFOs,

About the Author

Rob Latham is Professor of English at the University of California, Riverside. He is the author of Consuming Youth: Vampires, Cyborgs, and the Culture of Consumption and a senior editor of the journal Science Fiction Studies.