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| Science Fiction Topics |
| Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature by M. Keith Booker Description “The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature covers the history of Science Fiction in literature through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries significant people, themes, critical issues, and the most significant genres that have formed Science Fiction literature. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about this subject” Call Number: eBook Locating science fiction by Andrew Milner Description Memories of Dan Dare — Science fiction and selective tradition — Science fiction and the cultural field — Radio science fiction and the theory of genre — Science fiction, utopia and fantasy — Science fiction and dystopia — When was science fiction? — Where was science fiction? — The uses of science fiction. Call Number: eBook The science fiction mythmakers : religion, science and philosophy in Wells, Clarke, Dick and Herbert by Jennifer Simkins; Donald E. Palumbo (Editor); C. W. Sullivan (Editor) Call Number: PS374 .S35 S55 2016 Sisters of tomorrow : the first women of science fiction by Lisa Yaszek (Editor); Patrick B. Sharp (Editor) Call Number: eBook Race in American Science Fiction by Isiah Lavender Description Noting that science fiction is characterized by an investment in the proliferation of racial difference, Isiah Lavender III argues that racial alterity is fundamental to the genre’s narrative strategy. Race in American Science Fiction offers a systematic classification of ways that race appears and how it is silenced in science fiction, while developing a critical vocabulary designed to focus attention on often-overlooked racial implications. These focused readings of science fiction… Call Number: eBook Science Fiction Audiences by John Tulloch; Henry Jenkins Call Number: eBook Science Fiction and the Mass Cultural Genre System by John Rieder Call Number: eBook Science fiction and speculative fiction : challenging genres by P. L. Thomas (Editor) Call Number: eBook Science Fiction in the Real World by Norman Spinrad Call Number: PN3433.5 .S65 1990 Terraforming : ecopolitical transformations and environmentalism in science fiction by Chris Pak Call Number: eBook |
| Science Fiction Cinema |
| Hollywood presents Jules Verne: the father of science fiction on screen by Brian Taves Description Even for those who have never read Jules Verne (1828–1905), the author’s very name conjures visions of the submarine in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, the epic race in Around the World in Eighty Days, the spacecraft in From the Earth to the Moon, and the daring descent in Journey to the Center of the Earth. One of the most widely translated authors of all time, Verne has inspired filmmakers since the early silent period and continues to fascinate audiences more than one hundred… Call Number: eBook Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies by Andrew M. Butler Call Number: eBook Science fiction cinema : between fantasy and reality by Christine Cornea Call Number: eBook The Essential Science Fiction Television Reader by J. P. Telotte; J.P. Telotte; J.P. P. Telotte Call Number: eBook Science fiction quotations : from the inner mind to the outer limits by Gary Westfahl (Editor); Arthur C. Clarke (Other) Call Number: eBook Escape velocity : American science fiction film, 1950-1982 by Bradley Schauer Call Number: eBook Classical traditions in science fiction by Brett M Rogers, Benjamin Eldon Stevens Call Number: eBook |
| Graphic Novels |
| From comic strips to graphic novels : contributions to the theory and history of graphic narrative by Daniel Stein (Editor); Jan-Noel Thon (Editor); Jan-Noël Thon (Editor) Description This essay collection examines the theory and history of graphic narrative as one of the most interesting and versatile forms of narrative beyond traditional literary texts. Analyzing a wide range of texts, genres, and narrative strategies from both theoretical and historical perspectives, its various contributors offer state-of-the-art research on graphic narrative in the context of an increasingly postclassical and transmedial narratology. Call Number: eBook Marvel graphic novels and related publications : an annotated guide to comics, prose novels, children’s books, articles, criticism and reference works, 1965-2005 by Robert G. Weiner Call Number: eBook |
| Anime |
| The anime encyclopedia : a century of Japanese animation by Jonathan Clements; Helen McCarthy Call Number: eBook Frames of Anime by Tze-yue G. Hu Call Number: eBook Watching Anime, Reading Manga by Fred Patten; Carl Macek (Foreword by) Call Number: eBook Japanese visual culture : explorations in the world of manga and anime by Mark W. MacWilliams Call Number: eBook |
| Comic Books |
| Superhero synergies : comic book characters go digital by James N. Gilmore and Matthias Stork. Description “In the age of digital media, superheroes are no longer confined to comic books and graphic novels. Their stories are now featured in films, video games, digital comics, television programs, and more. In a single year alone, films featuring Batman, Spider-Man, and the Avengers have appeared on the big screen. Popular media no longer exists in isolation, but converges into complex multidimensional entities. As a result, traditional ideas about the relationship between varying media have… Call Number: eBook Comic shop : the retail mavericks who gave us a new geek culture by Dan Gearino Call Number: eBook From Krakow to Krypton : Jews and comic books by Arie Kaplan; Harvey Pekar (Foreword by); J. T. Waldman (Foreword by) Call Number: eBook X-Men and the Mutant Metaphor : Race and Gender in the Comic Books by Joseph J Darowski Call Number: eBook |