How Great Science Fiction Works
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Compact discs.
24 lectures ; 30 minutes per lecture.
Mary Shelley and the birth of science fiction -- Science fiction in the 19th century -- Science fiction treatments of history -- Evolution and deep time in science fiction -- Utopian dreams and dystopian nightmares -- The rise of the science fiction pulps -- The golden age of science fiction stories -- The spaceship as a science fiction icon -- The robot: from Capek to Asimov -- The golden age of the science fiction novel -- From Mars to Arrakis: the planet -- The science fiction wasteland -- Invasions, space wars, and xenocide -- Religion in science fiction -- Science fiction's new wave -- Encounters with the alien other -- Environmentalism in science fiction -- Gender questions and feminist science fiction -- Cyberpunk and the 1980's -- The 1990's: the new space opera -- The artifact as a science fiction icon - Science fiction's urban landscapes -- Science fiction in the 21st century -- The future of science fiction.
Lectured by Gary Wolfe.
"Discover how science fiction reflects and inspires our highest cultural and technological aspirations - as well as our darkest fears" -- cover.
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Great courses.
PUBLISHED
Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., 2016.
Year Published: 2016
Description: 12 sound discs (approximately 720 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (207 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Language: English
Format: Book on CD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781629972435
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Teaching Company.
SUBJECTS
Science fiction -- Authorship.
Science fiction -- History and criticism.