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Description for Future Wars
Hardcover. Ranging widely across periods and conflicts real and imagined, this title explores the fascinating process of interaction between politics and literature, science fiction and war in a range of classic texts. It includes essays that explore Reagan's 'star wars' project, nuclear fiction, Martian invasion, and the Pax Americana among other topics. Editor(s): Seed, David. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 618.
The subject of this timely book is that body of fiction which speculates in narrative form about the nature of wars likely to break out in the near or distant future. Although earlier instances occur, the origins of this mode lie primarily in the late nineteenth century but writing about future wars continues to this day with notable fiction on the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Ranging widely across periods and conflicts real and imagined, and boasting contributions from the late I. F. Clarke, H. Bruce Franklin and Patrick Parrinder, Future Wars explores the fascinating process of interaction between ... Read more
The subject of this timely book is that body of fiction which speculates in narrative form about the nature of wars likely to break out in the near or distant future. Although earlier instances occur, the origins of this mode lie primarily in the late nineteenth century but writing about future wars continues to this day with notable fiction on the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Ranging widely across periods and conflicts real and imagined, and boasting contributions from the late I. F. Clarke, H. Bruce Franklin and Patrick Parrinder, Future Wars explores the fascinating process of interaction between ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
Series
Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846317552
SKU
V9781846317552
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Ref
99-50
About David Seed
David Seed is Professor of English at the University of Liverpool.
Reviews for Future Wars
Future Wars is a collection of rich, contextualised historical studies. It is a testament to the legacy of I. F. Clarke that the book consists of such strong, original, scholarly work.