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A Companion to Science FictionISBN: 978-1-4051-4458-2
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612 pages
April 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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A Companion to Science Fiction assembles essays by an international range of scholars which discuss the contexts, themes and methods used by science fiction writers.
- This Companion conveys the scale and variety of science fiction.
- Shows how science fiction has been used as a means of debating cultural issues.
- Essays by an international range of scholars discuss the contexts, themes and methods used by science fiction writers.
- Addresses general topics, such as the history and origins of the genre, its engagement with science and gender, and national variations of science fiction around the English-speaking world.
- Maps out connections between science fiction, television, the cinema, virtual reality technology, and other aspects of the culture.
- Includes a section focusing on major figures, such as H.G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ursula Le Guin.
- Offers close readings of particular novels, from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale.



