Description |
viii, 157 pages ; 25 cm |
Series |
Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy, 0193-6875 ; no. 105 |
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Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy ; no. 105
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Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. Not So Blind Hope: An Introduction -- Thomas J. Morrissey -- 2. Dark Shadows and Bright Lights: Generators and Maintainers -- of Utopias and Dystopias -- Roger C. Schlobin -- 3. Mapping Utopia: Spatial and Temporal Sites of Meaning -- John C. Hawley -- 4. We Are Marching to Utopia: Kurt Vonnegut's Player Piano -- Donald E. Morse -- 5. David Mamet's The Water Engine: The Utopian Ideal as Social -- Control -- Jeanne Beckwith -- 6. Kim Stanley Robinson's Martian Vision -- Carl Swidorski -- 7. Women and Mad Science: Women as Witnesses to the Scientific -- Re-creation of Humanity -- Cherilyn Lacy -- 8. Digital Ambivalence: Utopia, Dystopia, and the Digital Cosmos -- Dennis M. Weiss -- 9. Apprehending Identity in the Alldera Novels of Suzy McKee -- Charas -- Bill Clemente -- 10. You Can't Go Home Again: Kirinyaga by Mike Resnick -- Lynn F. Williams and Martha Bartter -- 11. "Momutes": Momentary Utopias in Tepper's Trilogies -- Robin Anne Reid -- -- -- -- 12. Of Dystopias and Icons: Brin's The Postman and Butler's -- Parable of the Sower -- Oscar De Los Santos -- 13. Beyond Personal Introspection: Classroom Response to Sherri -- Tepper's The Gate to Women's Country -- Tamara Wilson -- 14. The Nature of "Outsider Dystopias": Atwood, Starhawk, -- and Abbey -- Sharon Stevenson -- 15. News from Somewhere: A Case for Romance-Tradition -- Fantasy's Reformist Poetic -- Kelly Searsmith -- Index -- About the Contributors |
Analysis |
Fantastic |
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Utopian fantastic |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Fantasy literature -- History and criticism -- Congresses.
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Horror tales -- History and criticism -- Congresses.
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Fantastic, The, in literature -- Congresses.
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Fantastic, The, in art -- Congresses.
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Author |
Bartter, Martha A.
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LC no. |
2003053627 |
ISBN |
031331635X alkaline paper |
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