Science Fiction and Narrative Form - 9781350350786

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Science Fiction and Narrative FormAuthor(s): David Roberts, Andrew Milner, Peter Murphy\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350350786, 978-1350350786\nSynopsis\nEstablishing science fiction as its own distinct and increasingly important narrative form, this book explores how the genre challenges pervasive perceptions of society as they appear in the conventional modern novel. Inspired by, and building upon, Georg Lukcss criticism of the orthodox novel for its depiction of life as alienating and disjointed, Milner, Murphy and Roberts demonstrate that science fiction steps beyond this contemporary form to be a more constructive form of literature, one able to conceive of society as complete, integrated and well-rounded. Taking stock of three kinds of science fiction which lie outside the scope of the modern novel theological/ ontological science fiction, the science fiction of future history and epic scie.