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A New Species: Gender and Science in Science Fiction
Contributor(s): Roberts, Robin (Author)

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 ISBN: 0252062841     ISBN-13: 9780252062841
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 1993
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Annotation: This fascinating study is the first to examine the history of gender and science fiction and the first to discuss science fiction pulp magazines' images of women as well as postmodernism and feminist science fiction. Robin Roberts begins with Shelley's Frankenstein, in which a female alien appears, and continues through H.G. Wells, the 1950s pulp SF magazines, Doris Lessing and feminist utopias, and the new generation of science fiction writers, including Joan Vinge, Sheila Finch and many others.
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Literary Criticism | Feminist
Dewey: 813.087
LCCN: 92025385
Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.95" W x 8.97" L (0.64 lbs) 182 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
 
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This fascinating study is the first to examine the history of gender and science fiction and the first to discuss science fiction pulp magazines' images of women, as well as postmodernism and feminist science fiction. Robin Roberts begins with Shelley's Frankenstein, in which a female alien appears, and continues through H. G. Wells, the 1950s pulp science fiction magazines, Doris Lessing and feminist utopias, and the new generation of science fiction writers, including Joan Vinge, Sheila Finch, Vonda McIntyre, Ursula Le Guin, and Octavia Butler.
 
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