In Other Worlds SF and the Human Imagination
Paperback
Rs 790
| Genre: | Literature |
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| Language: | English |
Paperback | |
| ISBN13: | 9781844087556 |
| ISBN10: | 1844087557 |
| Pages: | 272 |
| Dimensions: | 5.04 x 7.72 x 0.79 inches |
| Weight: | 220 g |
| Published: | October 04, 2012 |
| Edition: | 4 |
About the Book
From the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias Grace* Rabbit superheroes. A theory of masks and capes. Victorian otherlands.From her 1940s childhood to her time at Harvard, Margaret Atwood has always been fascinated with SF. In 2010, she delivered a lecture series at Emory University called 'In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination.' This book is the result of those lectures. It includes essays on Ursula Le Guin and H G Wells, her interesting distinction between 'science fiction proper' and 'speculative fiction', and the letter which she wrote to the school which tried to ban The Handmaid's Tale. *'Spooky . . . wild' - Telegraph 'Elegant and witty' - Guardian'Eminently readable and accessible . . . The lectures are insightful and cogently argued with a neat comic turn of phrase . . . Her enthusiasm and level of intellectual engagement are second to none' - Financial Times