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  • The Fortean Influence on Science Fiction

    Charles Fort and the Evolution of the Genre

    by Tanner F. Boyle ...
    Series Book 73 - Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
    Charles Fort was an American researcher from the early twentieth century who cataloged reports of unexplained phenomena he found in newspapers and science journals. A minor bestseller with a cult appeal, Fort's work was posthumously republished in the pulp science fiction magazine Astounding Stories in 1934. His idiosyncratic books fascinated, scared, and entertained readers, many of them authors ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Of Bread, Blood and The Hunger Games: Critical Essays on the Suzanne Collins Trilogy

    Critical Essays on the Suzanne Collins Trilogy

    by Edited by Mary F. Pharr and Leisa A. Clark. Series Editors Donald E. Palumbo and C.W. Sullivan III ...
    Series Book 35 - Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
    This collection of fresh essays on Suzanne Collins's epic trilogy spans multiple disciplines. The contributors probe the trilogy's meaning using theories grounded in historicism, feminism, humanism, queer theory, as well as cultural, political, and media studies. The essayists demonstrate diverse perspectives regarding Collins's novels but their works have three elements in common: an appreciation ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • The Heritage of Heinlein

    A Critical Reading of the Fiction

    by Thomas D. Clareson, Joe Sanders ...
    Series Book 42 - Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
    Robert A. Heinlein is generally recognized as the most important American science fiction writer of the 20th century. This is the first detailed critical examination of his entire career. It is not a biography--that is being done in a two-volume work by William Patterson. Instead, this book looks at each piece of fiction (and a few pieces of sf-related nonfiction) that Heinlein wrote, ... Read more

    $19.69 USD

  • Lois McMaster Bujold

    Essays on a Modern Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy

    Edited by Janet Brennan Croft, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III ...
    Series Book 37 - Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
    Lois McMaster Bujold has won a shelf full of awards--Hugos, Nebulas, and others--for both her science fiction and fantasy writing. She is one of the most respected names in the field, always delivering polished, thoughtful, and well-crafted writing. She consistently addresses great issues and problems on a human level, where they are faced by quirky, prickly, and very real characters, and her ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • An Asimov Companion

    Characters, Places and Terms in the Robot/Empire/Foundation Metaseries

    by Donald E. Palumbo ...
    Series Book 51 - Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
    A prolific author, Isaac Asimov is most admired for his science fiction, including his collection of short stories I, Robot and his Robot, Empire and Foundation series novels. While each of these narratives takes place in a different fictional universe, Asimov asserted at the end of his career that he had, with his last Robot and Foundation novels, unified them into one coherent metaseries.This ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Star Wars in the Public Square

    The Clone Wars as Political Dialogue

    by Derek R. Sweet ...
    Series Book 50 - Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
    Speculative science fiction, with its underlying socio-political dialogue, represents an important intersection of popular culture and public discourse. As a pop culture text, the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars offers critical commentary on contemporary issues, marking a moment of interplay whereby author and audience come together in what Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin called ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert E. Howard and the Birth of Modern Fantasy

    by Deke Parsons ...
    Series Book 47 - Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
    The birth of modern fantasy in 1930s Britain and America saw the development of new literary and film genres. J.R.R. Tolkien created modern fantasy with The Lord of the Rings, set in a fictional world based upon his life in the early 20th century British Empire, and his love of language and medieval literature. In small-town Texas, Robert E. Howard pounded out his own fantasy realm in his Conan ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Doctor Who in Time and Space

    Essays on Themes, Characters, History and Fandom, 1963-2012

    by Gillian I. Leitch ...
    Series Book 39 - Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
    This collection of fresh essays addresses a broad range of topics in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, both old (1963-1989) and new (2005-present). The book begins with the fan: There are essays on how the show is viewed and identified with, fan interactions with each other, reactions to changes, the wilderness years when it wasn't in production. Essays then look at the ways in ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Discovering Dune

    Essays on Frank Herbert's Epic Saga

    by Donald E. Palumbo ...
    Series Book 81 - Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
    Frank Herbert's Dune is one of the most well-known science fiction novels of all time, and it is often revered alongside time-honored classics like The Lord of the Rings. Unlike Tolkien's work, the Dune series has received remarkably little academic attention. This collection includes fourteen new essays from various academic disciplines--including philosophy, political science, disability studies ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • Science, Technology and Magic in The Witcher

    A Medievalist Spin on Modern Monsters

    by Kristine Larsen ...
    Series Book 83 - Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
    As Andrzej Sapkowski was fleshing out his character Geralt of Rivia for a writing contest, he did not set out to write a science textbook--or even a work of science fiction. However, the world that Sapkowski created in his series The Witcher resulted in a valuable reflection of real-world developments in science and technology. As the Witcher books have been published across decades, the sorcery ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Magic Words, Magic Worlds

    Form and Style in Epic Fantasy

    by Matthew Oliver, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III ...
    Series Book 80 - Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
    While all fiction uses words to construct models of the world for readers, nowhere is this more obvious than in fantasy fiction. Epic fantasy novels create elaborate secondary worlds entirely out of language, yet the writing style used to construct those worlds has rarely been studied in depth. This book builds the foundations for a study of style in epic fantasy. Close readings of selected novels ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • English Magic and Imperial Madness

    The Anti-Colonial Politics of Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

    by Peter D. Mathews, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III ...
    Series Book 78 - Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
    Regency England was a pivotal time of political uncertainty, with a changing monarchy, the Napoleonic Wars, and a population explosion in London. In Susanna Clarke's fantasy novel Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, the era is also witness to the unexpected return of magic. Locating the consequences of this eruption of magical unreason within the context of England's imperial history, this study ... Read more

    $21.39 USD