A momentous project, with thirteen Chinese and English-language science fiction writers. New, emerging and established... Læs mere
This book, first published in 1980, analyses science fiction as a mode of literature, examines the definition of the genre, its function as social criticism and as an embodiment and critique of the scientific outlook.
What do we mean by Science Fiction? What does it do, and why do so many people read it? What are its characteristic values, attitudes and procedures? Is it a creative... Læs mere
This book is an original and well-informed survey of the whole of Joyce's work. It offers close readings of his early writings such as Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and an extended examination of his masterpiece, Ulysses.