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2. Alien encounters
David Seed
in Science Fiction: A Very Short Introduction
Through the theme of alien encounters science fiction has interrogated the limits of identity and the nature of differences. From H.G. Wells to Star Trek, ‘Alien encounters’ examines the ...
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5. Fictions of time
David Seed
in Science Fiction: A Very Short Introduction
Science fiction is closely associated with the future and how the past and present are seen to change. ‘Fictions of time’ examines not only fiction and film that reach into the future but ...
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6. The field of science fiction
David Seed
in Science Fiction: A Very Short Introduction
Science fiction has defied definition as it constantly reinvents itself and progressively redefines itself in the literary market place. The urge to apply a simple classification of science ...
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Introduction
David Seed
in Science Fiction: A Very Short Introduction
Science fiction has proved notoriously difficult to define. It has variously been explained as a combination of romance, science, and prophecy (Hugo Gernsback), ‘realistic speculation about ...
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3. Science fiction and technology
David Seed
in Science Fiction: A Very Short Introduction
Science fiction is popularly associated with the evolution of technology. A recurrent theme has been humanity's relationship with its own constructions and inventions. Whilst at times this ...
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4. Utopias and dystopias
David Seed
in Science Fiction: A Very Short Introduction
Science fiction has taken the earlier idea of Utopia and embraced it in many different forms. ‘Utopias and dystopias’ elaborates these different strands and in particular traces the way ...
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1. Voyages into space
David Seed
in Science Fiction: A Very Short Introduction
One of the main elements associated with science fiction is the space ship. ‘Voyages into space explores’ this theme and the plot line of the journey into space. There is a continuity ...
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