Lost in space : geographies of science fiction /: geographies of science fiction. ([2005?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Rob Kitchin and James Kneale.
• Other Names: Kitchin, Rob; Kneale, James
• Contents: Contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; 1 Lost in space; 2 The way it wasn''t: alternative histories, contingent geographies; 3 Geography''s conquest of history in The Diamond Age; 4 Space, technology and Neal Stephensbn''s science fiction; 5 Geographies of power and social relations in Marge Piercy''s He, She and It; 6 The subjectivity of the near future: geographical imaginings in the work of J.G. Ballard; 7 Tuning the self: city space and SF horror movies; 8 Science fiction and cinema: the hysterical materialism of pataphysical space. 9 An invention without a future, a solution without a problem: motor pirates, time machines and drunkenness on the screen10 What we can say about nature: familiar geographies, science fiction and popular physics; 11 Murray Bookchin on Mars! The production of nature in Kim Stanley Robinson''s Mars trilogy; 12 In the belly of the monster: Frankenstein, food, factishes and fiction; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2005
• Copyright Date: 2002
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 211 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 809.3876209384; Science fiction -- History and criticism; Space and time in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM -- Science Fiction & Fantasy; Science fiction; Space and time in literature; Science fiction; Ruimte (algemeen); Tijd; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1847143210
• Related ISBNs: 9781847143211; 9780826457301; 0826457304; 9780826457318; 0826457312
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-208) and index.
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