This book is the definitive critical history of science fiction. The 2006 first edition of this work traced the development of the genre from Ancient Greece and the European Reformation through to the end of the 20th century. This new 2nd edition has been revised thoroughly and very significantly expanded. An allnew final chapter discusses 21stcentury science fiction, and there is new material in every chapter a wealth of new readings and original research. The authors groundbreaking thesis that science fiction is born out of the 17thcentury Reformation is here bolstered with a wide range of new supporting material and many hundreds of 17th and 18thcentury science fiction texts, some of which have never been discussed before. The account of 19thcentury science fiction has been expanded, and the various chapters tracing the twentiethcentury bring in more writing by women, and science fiction in other media including cinema, TV, comics, fanculture and other modes.

Binding: Hardcover;548 pages; Publisher: Springer Nature B.V.; Classification: DSK; Weight: 1098 g; Dimensions: 166 x 245 x 36

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