Hot Equations by Jesse S. Cohn (Paperback Book)

University Press of Mississippi

Inspired by the new diversity of science fiction, fantasy, and horror in the twenty-first century, Hot Equations: Science, Fantasy, and the Radical Imagination on a Troubled Planet confronts the kinds of literary and political \""realism\"" that continue to suppress the radical imagination. Alluding both to the ongoing climate catastrophe and to Tom Godwin\u2019s \""The Cold Equations\""\u2014that famous touchstone of \""hard science fiction\""\u2014Hot Equations reads the crises of our \""post-normal\"" moment via works that increasingly subvert genre containment and spill out into the public sphere.\nDrawing on archives and contemporary theory, author Jesse S. Cohn argues that these imaginative works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror strike at the very foundations of modernity, calling its basic assumptions\n\nHot Equations\nScience, Fantasy, and the Radical Imagination on a Troubled Planet\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery usin;