Chasing Aristotle’s “probable impossibilities”, Science Fantasy: Critical Explorations in Fiction and Film scrutinizes science fantasy, a hybrid genre that draws from both science fiction and fantasy. It delves into how science fantasy serves as a medium to shape the present and build a better future through memories and explores uncharted territories where science and imagination intersect. The eleven chapter of this volume challenge preconceptions and invites contemplation on the harmonious interplay between science fiction and the fantastical.
Contributions by:
Keisha Allan,
Sotirios Bampatzimopoulos
Edited by:
Cenk Tan,
Elçin Parçaoglu,
Nazan Yildiz Çiçekçi
Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781666926361
ISBN 10: 1666926361
Pages: 188
Publication Date: 15 August 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
Editors’ Foreword: Cenk Tan, Elçin Parçaoğlu and Nazan Yıldız Çiçekçi Introduction: Fantasy and Science Fiction: “A Rationalized Fantasy”, Nazan Yıldız Çiçekçi Chapter One: Arthur C. Clarke’s Childhood’s End: A Critique of Free Will, Determinism and Predestination, Cenk Tan Chapter Two: Science Undertakes the Task: An Analysis of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children through Science Fantasy, Elçin Parçaoğlu Chapter Three: Andre Norton’s Androgynous Equality and Subverting Gender Roles and Hue of Witchcraft in Witch World, Nazan Yıldız Çiçekçi Chapter Four: In the Shadow of the Past and of the Source Text: I, Frankenstein as Adaptation and Americanization, Defne Ersin Tutan Chapter Five: From Mighty Warrior to Goofy Dad: Exploring Masculinities in the Thor Franchise, Sotirios Bampatzimopoulos Chapter Six: Mars and the Martians as Others in Philip K. Dick’s Story and its Film Adaptation, Ercan Gürova Chapter Seven: Reimagining Marronage in Nalo Hopkinson’s Midnight Robber, Keisha Allan Chapter Eight: Mothering in the Multiverse: Representations of Shifting Maternal Identities in Popular Science Fiction Films, Sarah Young Chapter Nine: The Science Fantasy of Michael Moorcock, Karol Jaroszewski Chapter Ten: Conscious Counter-Reality: Lexical Cohesion and Anti-Language in Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Michael Arthur Soares Chapter Eleven: Exploring Feminist Utopia: A Neo-Realist Analysis of The Feminist Utopia Project, Gül Varlı Karaarslan About the Contributors
Cenk Tan is lecturer doctor at Pamukkale University in Denizli, Turkey. Nazan Yıldız Çiçekçi is associate professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey. Elçin Parçaoğlu is assistant professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Pamukkale University in Denizli, Turkey.
Reviews for Science Fantasy: Critical Explorations in Fiction and Film
Occupying the contested space or 'no man's land' between the ostensibly conceptual rigor of science fiction and the supernatural extravagance of fantasy, 'science fantasy' establishes itself as a unique genre even as it calls into question the basic differentiae specificae used to define these others. Science Fantasy: Critical Explorations in Fiction and Film delivers a fascination collection of essays that range across numerous texts, authors, and media, offering a survey of the rich terrain of science fantasy over the past century. --Robert T. Tally Jr., Texas State University Scholarly attention to science fantasy is long overdue. The hybrid genre can provide insights into both fantasy and science fiction as well as offering its own perspectives on gender, power, perception, and, as Douglas Adams would suggest, the meaning of life. The editors of this volume have gathered an important and engaging set of essays on key figures in the development of science fantasy literature, like Andre Norton and Michael Moorcock, and on its emergence into forms ranging from feminist utopias to superhero movies. --Brian Attebery, Idaho State University and author of Fantasy: How It Works
