In Other Worlds
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N OTHER WORLDS: SF AND THE HUMAN IMAGINATION is Margaret Atwood¿s account of her relationship with the literary form we have come to know as ¿science fiction¿. This relationship has been lifelong, stretching from her days as a child reader in the 1940s,...
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N OTHER WORLDS: SF AND THE HUMAN IMAGINATION is Margaret Atwood¿s account of her relationship with the literary form we have come to know as ¿science fiction¿. This relationship has been lifelong, stretching from her days as a child reader in the 1940s, through her time as a graduate student at Harvard, where she worked on the Victorian ancestors of the form, and continuing as a writer and reviewer. This book brings together her three Ellman Lectures on 2010 ¿ ¿Flying Rabbits¿, which begins with Atwood¿s early rabbit superhero creations, and goes on to speculate about masks, capes, weakling alter egos, and Things with Wings; ¿Burning Bushes¿, which follows her into Victorian otherlands and beyond; and ¿Dire Cartographies¿, which investigates Ustopias -Utopia/Dystopia - including her own ventures into those constructions. IN OTHER WORLDS also reprints some of Atwood¿s key reviews and speculations about the form, or forms - for she also elucidates the differences - as she sees them - between ¿science fiction¿ proper, and ¿speculative fiction¿, not to mention ¿sword and sorcery/fantasy¿ and ¿slipstream fiction¿. For all readers who have loved THE HANDMAID¿S TALE, ORYX AND CRAKE, and THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD - not to mention the mini-sci-fi tales about Lizard Men and Peach Women embedded in THE BLIND ASSASSIN - IN OTHER WORLDS is a must.
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IN OTHER WORLDS: SF AND THE HUMAN IMAGINATION is Margaret Atwood's account of her relationship with the literary form we have come to know as science fiction. This relationship has been lifelong, stretching from her days as a child reader in the 1940s, through her time as a graduate student at Harvard, where she worked on the Victorian ancestors of the form, and continuing as a writer and reviewer. This book brings together her three Ellman Lectures on 2010 - Flying Rabbits, which begins with Atwood's early rabbit superhero creations, and goes on to speculate about masks, capes, weakling alter egos, and Things with Wings; Burning Bushes, which follows her into Victorian otherlands and beyond; and Dire Cartographies, which investigates Ustopias -Utopia/Dystopia - including her own ventures into those constructions. IN OTHER WORLDS also reprints some of Atwood's key reviews and speculations about the form, or forms - for she also elucidates the differences - as she sees them - between science fiction proper, and speculative fiction, not to mention sword and sorcery/fantasy and slipstream fiction.
Autoren-Porträt von Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood, geboren 1939 in Ottawa, ist eine der wichtigsten Autorinnen Kanadas. Ihre Werke liegen in über 20 Sprachen übersetzt vor und wurden national und international vielfach aus gezeichnet. Neben Romanen verfasst sie auch Essays, Kurzgeschichten und Lyrik. Sie wurde vielfach ausgezeichnet, u. a. mit dem Booker Prize, dem kanadischen Giller Prize und mit dem Prinz-von- Asturien-Preis (2008),mit dem Nelly-Sachs-Preis (2009) und dem PEN Pinter Prize (2016).Sie lebt mit ihrer Familie in Toronto.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Margaret Atwood
- 2011, Maße: 14,4 x 2,7 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Virago Press
- ISBN-10: 1844087115
- ISBN-13: 9781844087112
Sprache:
Englisch
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"A witty, astute collection of essays and lectures on science fiction . . . It's clear that [Atwood's] affection for the genre is deep and genuine . . . Wholly satisfying, with plenty of insights for Atwood and sci-fi fans alike."--"Kirkus Reviews," starred "Atwood archly and profoundly delves into her 'lifelong relationship' with science fiction in a collection of glimmering essays."--"Booklist""A speculative-fiction visionary . . . Atwood has an uncanny knack for tapping into humanity's uncertain future and predicting mankind's cultural, scientific and sociopolitical falls from glory . . . Her fiction has peeled back the skin of our disturbing subcutaneous nightmares."--"Wired ""One of the most intelligent and talented writers to set herself the task of deciphering life in the late twentieth century."--"Vogue" "Throughout her literary career . . . Margaret Atwood has impressed and delighted readers with her wit, lyric virtuosity, and imagi
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