Description: Science fiction is one of the most vigorous and exciting areas of modern culture -- from ground breaking novels of ideas to blockbusters on the cinema screen. In Science Fiction, Adam Roberts offers a clear and engaging account of the phenomenon, illustrating the critical terminology and following the contours of its ongoing history. You will find that this book:
-- provides a concise history of science fiction, and explores the key concepts in SF criticism and theory
-- focuses particularly on the impact that postmodernism and technological advances have had on the subject
-- examines the interactions between science fiction and science fact -- with events such as the moon landings, the Challenger disaster and the film Apollo 13

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