The Influence of Imagination

Essays on Science Fiction and Fantasy as Agents of Social Change

By: Lee Easton (Editor), Randy Schroeder (Editor)

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Paperback | 23 January 2008

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238 Pages

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This collection of essays examines the potential connections between speculative fiction and actual social change. Through a variety of approaches, the contributors explore whether consumers of science fiction and fantasy narratives can experience a real shift in their worldviews as a result of that consumption. Topics include the utopian vision of California in Ursula K. LeGuin''s Always Coming Home, the changing role of women in science fiction pulp magazines, and the representation of progress and social change in popular graphic novels.

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"excellent...a significant contribution...a fine contribution to any serious SF critic's research library"-SFRA Review; "a worthwhile critical collection that approaches questions about sf's social importance with admirable clarity...provides its reader with many hours of thoughtful, multifaceted, and excellent sf criticism"-Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts.

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