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Between Science and Society

Name: Between Science and Society
Brand: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
SKU: 9781793605733
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ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERSISBN: 9781793605733

Charting the Space of Science Fiction

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By Douglas A. Van Belle
Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Release Date: February 13, 2021
Format: HARDBACK
Dimensions: 229 x 152 mm
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Pages: 230

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In Between Science and Society: Charting the Space of Science Fiction, Douglas A. Van Belle uses interviews with 24 science fiction authors to analyze the conceptual space that science fiction occupies between science and society. Using these interviews, Van Belle studies the similarities and differences between the academic and professional understandings of the genre. Between Science and Society argues that, for authors, all of the aspects of the genre that are emphasized by academics, such as science communication and depictions of scientists, are secondary to the artistic effort to entertain through storytelling. Through his interviews, Van Belle explores both the genre's place in relation to science and society and key elements to surviving as a professional science fiction author. Van Belle creates a definition of science fiction based on the creative ideals expressed by these authors and compared to those that arise from the academic perspective, showing that academics are struggling to engage one of the two central ideals of the genre.

Douglas A. Van Belle is a senior lecturer in media studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Introduction: Heresy as Method Chapter 1: The Interviews Chapter 2: Kevin J. Anderson Chapter 3: Steven Barnes Chapter 4: Greg Bear Chapter 5: Gregory Benford Chapter 6: Ben Bova Chapter 7: David Brin Chapter 8: Brenda Cooper Chapter 9: Stephen R. Donaldson Chapter 10: Eric Flint Chapter 11: David Gerrold Chapter 12: Joe Haldeman Chapter 13: Ian Irvine Chapter 14: Nancy Kress Chapter 15: Jack McDevitt Chapter 16: Rebeccas Moesta Chapter 17: Simon Morden Chapter 18: Larry Niven Chapter 19: Robert J. Sawyer Chapter 20: Karl Schroeder Chapter 21: Melinda Snodgrass Chapter 22: Stephen Michael (S.M.) Sterling Chapter 23: Charles Stross Chapter 24: Vernor Vinge Chapter 25: Connie Willis Chapter 26: Charting the Space of Science Fiction Chapter 27: Storytelling as the Essential, Defining Element of Science Fiction Chapter 28: Science as the Rules of the Game Chapter 29: The Science Fiction Community and a Sketch of the Science Fiction Ecosystem Chapter 30: The Academic Implications of How the Creators of Science Fiction Define Science Fiction

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