Reading Science Fiction

First edition (publ. Palgrave Macmillan)
Cover art by Mel Hunter

Reading Science Fiction is a collection of 22 short essays edited by James Gunn, Marleen S. Barr & . The collection explores a wide range of theoretical approaches to studying science fiction, such as gender studies, post colonialism and structuralism. The authors reference the various mediums through which science fiction has appeared including literature, film, television, as well as video games to define science fiction as a genre, trace its origins, as well as its parallels with contemporary society.

Sections[]

• Introduction - James Gunn

Part I: Mapping Science Fiction[]

• Defining Science Fiction -
• What is Science Fiction - and How It Grew - H. Bruce Franklin
• Narrative Strategies in Science Fiction - Brian Stableford
• There is No Such Thing as Science Fiction - &

Part II: Science Fiction and Popular Culture[]

• Science Fiction Movies: the Feud of Eye and Idea - George Zebrowski
• The Feedback Loop - Michael Cassutt
• Computers in Science Fiction -
• Cross Fertilization or Coincidence? Science Fiction and videogames - Orson Scott Card

Part III: Theoretical Approaches to Science Fiction[]

• Gender is a problem that can be solved -
• Marxism and Science Fiction - Carl Freedman
• Reading Science Fiction with Postcolonial Theory -
• Encountering International Science Fiction Through a Latin American Lens -

Part IV: Reading Science Fiction in the Classroom[]

• Reading Science Fiction as Science Fiction - James Gunn
• Reading Joanna Russ in Context: Science, Utopia and Post modernity -
• Reading Science Fiction's Interdisciplinary Conversation with Science and Technology STudies - &

Part V: Science Fiction and Diverse Disciplines[]

• Neuroscience Fiction Redux -
• Physics through Science Fiction - Gregory Benford
• Science Fiction and Biology - Pamela Sargent
• Science Fiction and Philosophy - James Gunn
• Science Fiction and the Internet - Bruce Sterling
• The Reading Science Fiction Blog - Marleen S. Barr

Reception[]

Several of the collection's essays were praised, however, the collection as a whole received criticism for not being entirely accessible to students new to science fiction.^[1]

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