Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction

<p>The excitement of possible futures found in science fiction has long fired the human imagination but the genre's acceptance by academe is relatively recent. No longer marginalized and fighting for respectability science-fictional works are now studied alongside more traditional art forms. Tracing the capacious genre's birth evolution and impact across nations time periods subgenres and media The Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction offers an in-depth comprehensive assessment of this robust area of scholarly inquiry and considers the future directions that will dictate the terms of the scholarly discourse.<br />The Handbook begins with a focus on questions of genre covering topics such as critical history keywords narrative the fantastic and fandom. A subsequent section on media engages with film television comics architecture music video games and more. The genre's role in the convergence of art and everyday life animates a third section which addresses topics such as UFOs</p>