Landscape and the Science Fiction Imaginary
Distributed for Intellect Ltd
250 pages
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14 color plates, 6 halftones
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7 x 9
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© 2018
- Contents
- Review Quotes
Table of Contents
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1:
Land of the Giants: Size and Scale, Macroscopy and Microscopy in the Landscapes of Science Fiction
Chapter 2:
A Game in the Ruins: Landscape and Virtual Realities
Chapter 3:
Blasted Heaths and Turbulent Energies: Chris Foss’s Accelerated Dream of Wessex
Chapter 4:
An Unforgiveable Composure: The Apocalyptic Imaginary Since Yosuke Yamahata’s Nagasaki
Chapter 5:
‘Suppositional Realism’ and the Fictions of Science: The Astronomical Landscapes of Pavel Klushantsev and Chesley Bonestell and Their Legacy
Chapter 6:
Beyond the Periphery: Desert and Darkness
Conclusion: Where Otherwise Nothing Has Changed
Chapter 1:
Land of the Giants: Size and Scale, Macroscopy and Microscopy in the Landscapes of Science Fiction
Chapter 2:
A Game in the Ruins: Landscape and Virtual Realities
Chapter 3:
Blasted Heaths and Turbulent Energies: Chris Foss’s Accelerated Dream of Wessex
Chapter 4:
An Unforgiveable Composure: The Apocalyptic Imaginary Since Yosuke Yamahata’s Nagasaki
Chapter 5:
‘Suppositional Realism’ and the Fictions of Science: The Astronomical Landscapes of Pavel Klushantsev and Chesley Bonestell and Their Legacy
Chapter 6:
Beyond the Periphery: Desert and Darkness
Conclusion: Where Otherwise Nothing Has Changed
Review Quotes
John Roberts, University of Wolverhampton
“Through its account of science fiction as a form of ‘alternate seeing’, ‘suppositional realism’, confrontation with the arche-fossils of pre-human landscapes, and utopic longing in the face the demise of traditional forms of futurism, this book reveals how varied and important the ‘science fiction imaginary’ is to the political, historical and scientific resources of literary, artistic and filmic form.”
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