Liminality in Fantastic Fiction

"examines issues of liminality in genre fiction and explores the ways in which traditionally structured narratives can be re-evaluated in the context of postmodern literary concepts"-SciTech Book News; "ultimately a work of rigorous literary criticism. With Liminality, Klapcsik performs a service to sf and fantasy criticism...Klapcsik's conclusions provide a fresh starting point from which to consider the kinship and difference of the two (sub) genres"-Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction; "a strong representative pr©cis of the major works and critics of post-modernism, post-structuralism, and liminality.... Klapcsik clearly has a first-rate analytical mind and an exceptional breadth and depth of knowledge on the subject...an exceptional primer and synthesis of all the academic material on liminality, tied together by an elegant framework"-The New York Review of Science Fiction; "This volume takes a nuanced and intriguing look at the works of Agatha Christie, Stanislaw Lem, Philip K. Dick and Neil Gaiman. Through its careful selection of material, it brings together and inspires new ways of looking at these established figures from the worlds of popular fiction. Sandor Klapcsik proves to be an invaluable guide and a sophisticated thinker as he moves between genres and oeuvres; fans as well as scholars of SF and detective mysteries will find much food for thought in his critical explorations."-Matt Hills, Cardiff University, the author of Fan Cultures and The Pleasures of Horror; "Mr. Klapcsik appears something to be a polymath; he is certainly deeply knowledgeable about the whole range of post-structuralist theory, and able to use a number of theoretical vocabularies with authority and a fluency that I frankly envy."-Brian McHale, Ohio State University, the author of Constructing Postmodernism and The Obligation toward the Difficult Whole.