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Reading Science Fiction

James Gunn & Marleen S. Barr & Matthew Candelaria

First published 2009
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Format Trade Paperback
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Mel Hunter
Pages xv+265
ISBN 9780230527188

  • Stated on the copyright page: "First published 2009 by Palgrave Macmillan"
  • First printing as per number line (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).
  • No price on book
  • Cover artist is credited on the backcover

Year Reviewer Publication
2009 Paul Marland DeathRay, October-November 2009

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Discovering the Future in my Grandmother's Back Closet James Gunn Essay
3 What's a Nice Baby Boomer Literary Scholar Like Me Doing Reading Fiction Like This? Marleen S. Barr Essay
5 The Medium That Time Forgot Matthew Candelaria Essay
15 Defining Science Fiction Eric S. Rabkin Essay
23 What Is Science Fiction - and How It Grew H. Bruce Franklin Essay
33 Narrative Strategies in Science Fiction Brian Stableford Essay
43 There Is No Such Thing as Science Fiction Sherryl Vint & Mark Bould Essay
57 Science Fiction Movies: the Feud of Eye and Idea George Zebrowski Essay
72 The Feedback Loop Michael Cassutt Essay
85 Computers in Science Fiction Brooks Landon Essay
96 Cross-fertilization or Coincidence? Science Fiction and Videogames Orson Scott Card Essay
111 Gender Is a Problem That Can Be Solved: Women's Science Fiction and Feminist Theory Jane Donawerth Essay
120 Marxism and Science Fiction Carl Freedman Essay
133 Reading Science Fiction with Postcolonial Theory Matthew Candelaria Essay
142 Encountering International Science Fiction Through a Latin American Lens Roberto de Sousa Causo Essay
159 Reading Science Fiction as Science Fiction James Gunn Essay
168 Reading Joanna Russ in Context: Science, Utopia and Postmodernity Jeanne Cortiel Essay
181 Reading Science Fiction's Interdisciplinary Conversation with Science and Technology Studies Lisa Yaszek & R. Doug Davis Essay
199 Neuroscience Fiction Redux Joseph D. Miller Essay
212 Physics Through Science Fiction Gregory Benford Essay
219 Science Fiction and Biology Pamela Sargent Essay
227 Science Fiction and Philosophy James Gunn Essay
235 Science Fiction and the Internet Bruce Sterling Essay
244 The Reading Science Fiction Blog Marleen S. Barr Essay