Ebook: Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction: Challenging Genres

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-13
A Case for SF and Speculative Fiction....Pages 15-33
SF and Speculative Novels....Pages 35-57
SF Novels and Sociological Experimentation....Pages 59-72
“Peel[ING] Apart Layers of Meaning” in SF Short Fiction....Pages 73-93
Reading Alien Suns....Pages 95-117
Singularity, Cyborgs, Drones, Replicants and Avatars....Pages 119-131
Troubling Notions of Reality in Caprica ....Pages 133-144
“I Try to RememberWho I Am andWho I Am Not”....Pages 145-164
“It’s a Bird … it’s a Plane … it’s … a Comic Book in the Classroom?”....Pages 165-184
The Enduring Power of SF, Speculative and Dystopian Fiction....Pages 185-215
Back Matter....Pages 217-218