Science Fiction Books

New and Published Books

1. Entropy Exhibition (Routledge Revivals)

   Michael Moorcock and the British 'New Wave' in Science Fiction

   By Colin Greenland

   When first published in 1983 The Entropy Exhibition was the first critical assessment of the literary movement known as ‘New Wave’ science fiction. It examines the history of the New Worlds magazine and its background in the popular imagination of the 1960s, traces the strange history of sex in...

   Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge
2. Fantasy

   Published February 28th 2013 by Routledge
3. Building Imaginary Worlds

   The Theory and History of Subcreation

   By Mark J.P. Wolf

   Mark J.P. Wolf’s study of imaginary worlds theorizes world-building within and across media, including literature, comics, film, radio, television, board games, video games, the Internet, and more. Building Imaginary Worlds departs from prior approaches to imaginary worlds that focused mainly on...

   Published November 1st 2012 by Routledge
4. Where No Man has Gone Before

   Essays on Women and Science Fiction

   Edited by Lucie Armitt

   Series: RLE: Women, Feminism and Literature

   How do women writers use science fiction to challenge assumptions about the genre and its representations of women? To what extent is the increasing number of women writing science fiction reformulating the expectations of readers and critics? What has been the effect of this phenomenon upon the...

   Published June 4th 2012 by Routledge
5. Beyond Cyberpunk

   New Critical Perspectives

   Edited by Graham J. Murphy, Sherryl Vint

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature

   In this collection of essays, contributors consider the continuing cultural relevance of the cyberpunk genre into the new millennium. Cyberpunk is no longer an emergent phenomenon, but in our digital age of CGI-driven entertainment, the information economy, and globalized capital, we have never...

   Published April 19th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Routledge Companion to Literature and Science

   Edited by Bruce Clarke, Manuela Rossini

   Series: Routledge Literature Companions

   With forty-four newly commissioned articles from an international cast of leading scholars, The Routledge Companion to Literature and Science traces the network of connections among literature, science, technology, mathematics, and medicine. Divided into three main sections, this volume: links...

   Published April 18th 2012 by Routledge
7. Artificial Culture

   Identity, Technology, and Bodies

   By Tama Leaver

   Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

   Artificial Culture is an examination of the articulation, construction, and representation of "the artificial" in contemporary popular cultural texts, especially science fiction films and novels. The book argues that today we live in an artificial culture due to the deep and inextricable...

   Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge
8. Fighting the Future War

   An Anthology of Science Fiction War Stories, 1914-1945

   Edited by Frederic Krome

   The period between World War I and World War II was one of intense change. Everything was modernizing, including our technology for making war—witness machine guns, trench warfare, biological agents, and ultimately The Final Solution. This modernization and eye toward the future was reflected in...

   Published July 11th 2011 by Routledge
9. The Routledge Concise History of Science Fiction

   By Mark Bould, Sherryl Vint

   Series: Routledge Concise Histories of Literature

   The term ‘science fiction’ has an established common usage, but close examination reveals that writers, fans, editors, scholars, and publishers often use this word in different ways for different reasons. Exploring how science fiction has emerged through competing versions and the struggle to...

   Published February 23rd 2011 by Routledge
10. The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction

    Edited by Mark Bould, Andrew Butler, Adam Roberts, Sherryl Vint

    Series: Routledge Companions

    The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction is a comprehensive overview of the history and study of science fiction. It outlines major writers, movements, and texts in the genre, established critical approaches and areas for future study. Fifty-six entries by a team of renowned international...

    Published January 4th 2011 by Routledge