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Practicing Science Fiction

Karen Hellekson, Craig B. Jacobsen, Patrick B. Sharp, Lisa Yaszek
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      A byproduct of the Science Fiction Research Association conference held in Lawrence, Kansas, in 2008, the essays in this volume address the intersections among the reading, writing, and teaching of science fiction. Part One studies the teaching of SF, placing analytical and pedagogical research next to each other to reveal how SF can be both an object of study as well as a teaching tool for other disciplines. Part Two examines SF as a genre of mediation between the sciences and the humanities, using close readings and analyses of the literary-scientific nexus. Part Three examines SF in the media, using specific television programs, graphic novels, and films as examples of how SF successfully transcends the medium of transmission. Finally, Part Four features close readings of SF texts by women, including Joanna Russ, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Octavia Butler.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Karen Hellekson, Craig B. Jacobsen, Patrick B. Sharp, Lisa Yaszek EAN: 9780786447930 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 300 g HEIGHT: 226 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: McFarland & Co Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2010-05-11 CITY: GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy, PERFORMING ARTS / General WIDTH: 150 cm SPINE:

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      Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers

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      Karen Hellekson is a freelance copy editor and independent scholar. She writes book reviews for Publishers Weekly, is coeditor of the Science Fiction Research Association's quarterly SFRA Review, and lives in Jay, Maine. Craig B. Jacobsen is coauthor of the writing textbook Scenarios for Writing, coeditor of SFRA Review, and author of articles on television narrative. He is a part of the English faculty at Mesa Community College in Mesa, Arizona. Patrick B. Sharp is an associate professor in Los Angeles, California. Lisa Yaszek is associate professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology and current president of the Science Fiction Research Association.
      A byproduct of the Science Fiction Research Association conference held in Lawrence, Kansas, in 2008, the essays in this volume address the intersections among the reading, writing, and teaching of science fiction. Part One studies the teaching of SF, placing analytical and pedagogical research next to each other to reveal how SF can be both an object of study as well as a teaching tool for other disciplines. Part Two examines SF as a genre of mediation between the sciences and the humanities, using close readings and analyses of the literary-scientific nexus. Part Three examines SF in the media, using specific television programs, graphic novels, and films as examples of how SF successfully transcends the medium of transmission. Finally, Part Four features close readings of SF texts by women, including Joanna Russ, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Octavia Butler.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Karen Hellekson, Craig B. Jacobsen, Patrick B. Sharp, Lisa Yaszek EAN: 9780786447930 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 300 g HEIGHT: 226 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: McFarland & Co Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2010-05-11 CITY: GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy, PERFORMING ARTS / General WIDTH: 150 cm SPINE:

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      Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers

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      Karen Hellekson is a freelance copy editor and independent scholar. She writes book reviews for Publishers Weekly, is coeditor of the Science Fiction Research Association's quarterly SFRA Review, and lives in Jay, Maine. Craig B. Jacobsen is coauthor of the writing textbook Scenarios for Writing, coeditor of SFRA Review, and author of articles on television narrative. He is a part of the English faculty at Mesa Community College in Mesa, Arizona. Patrick B. Sharp is an associate professor in Los Angeles, California. Lisa Yaszek is associate professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology and current president of the Science Fiction Research Association.

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