Science FictionISBN: 978-0-7456-2893-6
Paperback
224 pages
May 2005, Polity
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China Miéville, author of Perdido Street Station
and Iron Council
"This is a well-conceived, impressively researched and
eloquently argued study of Anglo-American science fiction.
Combining a sweeping command of cultural-historical contexts with
incisive close readings of individual texts, Roger Luckhurst
illuminates over a century's worth of print and mass-media SF.
Whether discussing popular concerns about the pervasive power of
"Mechanism" in the nineteenth century or avant-gardist critiques of
the media-saturated "Society of the Spectacle" in the 1960s,
Luckhurst's consistent emphasis on how SF registers the impact of
techno-scientific change gives his study a remarkable coherence. In
sum, this is an essential and timely volume"
Rob Latham, University of Iowa
"This is a refreshing and lively survey of a very broad field.
It usefully situates science fiction in its relevant cultural
context and makes a valuable contribution to the history of the
genre."
David Seed, Liverpool University