| Red Planets: Marxism and Science Fiction Contributor(s): Bould, Mark (Editor), Miéville, China (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0819569135 ISBN-13: 9780819569134 Publisher: Wesleyan University Press OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2009 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
| Dewey: 809.387 |
| LCCN: 2009926386 |
| Series: Early Classics of Science Fiction (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.02" W x 8.57" (0.83 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A critical exploration of the connections between science fiction and Marxism Science fiction and socialism have always had a close relationship. Many science fiction novelists and filmmakers have used the genre to examine explicit or implicit Marxist concerns. Red Planets is an accessible and lively account, which makes an ideal introduction to anyone interested in the politics of science fiction. The volume covers a rich variety of examples from Weimar cinema to mainstream Hollywood films, and novelists from Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Philip K. Dick, and Thomas Disch to Ursula K. Le Guin, Kim Stanley Robinson, Ken MacLeod, and Charles Stross. Contributors include Matthew Beaumont, William J. Burling, Carl Freedman, Darren Jorgensen, Rob Latham, Iris Luppa, Andrew Milner, John Rieder, Steven Shaviro, Sherryl Vint, and Phillip Wegner. |