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Science Fiction and Empire
Patricia Kerslake
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Description for Science Fiction and Empire
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This book is about the human desire to experiment with empire. In the past it was done with real soldiers and expeditions and slaves and trade and misery and force. In the future it will be done with generation ships and off-world pioneers, robots and invasion, electronic sheep and people who just don’t want to be pushed around any more. Beginning with a discussion of who ‘we’ are (hopefully, the good guys) and who ‘they’ are (anyone who isn’t us), this narrative scans the lights of science fiction looking at the places where humans try to touch a variety of ... Read more
This book is about the human desire to experiment with empire. In the past it was done with real soldiers and expeditions and slaves and trade and misery and force. In the future it will be done with generation ships and off-world pioneers, robots and invasion, electronic sheep and people who just don’t want to be pushed around any more. Beginning with a discussion of who ‘we’ are (hopefully, the good guys) and who ‘they’ are (anyone who isn’t us), this narrative scans the lights of science fiction looking at the places where humans try to touch a variety of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846315046
SKU
V9781846315046
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Patricia Kerslake
Patricia Kerslake is Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Central Queensland University and a contributor to 'The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy'.
Reviews for Science Fiction and Empire
Science Fiction and Empire is thought-provoking and insightful, ... the kind of large-scale postcolonial work that sf has needed for quite some time.
Science Fiction Studies, vol.45
Science Fiction Studies, vol.45