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Solar Flares: Science Fiction in the 1970s (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies Lup)
Andrew M. Butler
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Description for Solar Flares: Science Fiction in the 1970s (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies Lup)
Paperback. An engaging and accessible book looking at 1970s sf writing, film and television - alongside music and architecture - to reclaim the decade as a crucial period in the history of science fiction. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 486.
Science fiction produced in the 1970s has long been undervalued, dismissed by Bruce Sterling as confused, self-involved, and stale. The New Wave was all but over and Cyberpunk had yet to arrive. The decade polarised sf - on the one hand it aspired to be a serious form, addressing issues such as race, Vietnam, feminism, ecology and sexuality, on the other hand it broke box office records with Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Alien and Superman: The Movie. Across the political spectrum, writers perceived a series of invisible enemies: radicals addressed the ideological structures of ... Read more
Science fiction produced in the 1970s has long been undervalued, dismissed by Bruce Sterling as confused, self-involved, and stale. The New Wave was all but over and Cyberpunk had yet to arrive. The decade polarised sf - on the one hand it aspired to be a serious form, addressing issues such as race, Vietnam, feminism, ecology and sexuality, on the other hand it broke box office records with Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Alien and Superman: The Movie. Across the political spectrum, writers perceived a series of invisible enemies: radicals addressed the ideological structures of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies
Condition
New
Weight
485g
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781381175
SKU
V9781781381175
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About Andrew M. Butler
Andrew M. Butler is Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Canterbury Christchurch University. He is the author and editor of many books including (as co-editor) 'The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction' (Routledge, 2009) and 'Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction' (Routledge, 2009).
Reviews for Solar Flares: Science Fiction in the 1970s (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies Lup)
'Solar Flares can especially be recommended to teachers and students seeking more `off-trail' fare than they will find on the shelves at Barnes.' Science Fiction Film and Television 'A superb work of narrative reference.' Science Fiction Studies Reviews 'The author's knowledge of the science fiction texts of the 1970s is absolutely compendious, covering not only ... Read more