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245 00 a| Science fiction and the two cultures :b| essays on bridging the gap between the sciences and the humanities /c| edited by Gary Westfahl and George Slusser.;

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490 1 a| Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ;v| 16;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-270) and index.;

520 a| "Essays are arranged chronologically and form a historical survey of science fiction, showing how early writers like Dante and Mary Shelley revealed a gradual shift toward a genuine understanding of science; and how H.G. Wells first showed the possibilities of a literature that could combine scientific and humanistic perspectives"--Provided by publisher.;

505 0 a| Introduction : Science fiction at the crossroads of two cultures / Gary Westfahl -- Science fiction and the two cultures : reflections after the Snow-Leavis controversy / Carl Freedman -- Science fiction, mediating agent between C.P. Snow's two cultures : a historical interpretation / Bradford Lyau -- Fighting out of context : culture wars within and without science fiction, from Snow to Sokal / Howard v. Hendrix -- A tale of two cultures : science studies and science fiction / Stephen Potts -- The rich and the poor : science fiction and the other two cultures / Gary Westfahl -- The science of fiction and the fiction of science : a storytelling animal in an inhospitable world / Frank McConnell -- Dimorphs and doubles : J.D. Bernal's "two cultures" and the transhuman promise / George Slusser -- Discontinuity : spaceships at the abyss / Carol MacKay and Kirk Hampton -- Gregory Benford's Against infinity and the literary, historical and geometric formation of the encyclopedic circle of knowledge / Pekka Kuusisto -- Utopia and utopianism in the life, work, and thought of H.G. Wells / John S. Partington -- The alien eye : imperialism and otherness in H.G. Wells's The first men in the Moon / Gareth Davies-Morris -- Killer robots, laws of robotics, and pernicious humans / George Atkins -- Philip K. Dick's conversion narrative / Noah Mass -- The terror of nature not understood : science, mysticism, and the unknowable in Don DeLillo's Ratner's star / Jake Jakaitis -- When the caesura ceases : two Romanian authors gauge the place of writers in the age of computers / Sharon D. King -- A creature of double vision / Gregory Benford -- Afterword : Science fiction and the playing fields of Eaton / Gary Westfahl -- Bibliography of works related to science fiction and the two cultures debate.;

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Science fiction and the two cultures : essays on bridging the gap between the sciences and the humanities / edited by Gary Westfahl and George Slusser.

Other author	Westfahl, Gary.
Other author	Slusser, George Edgar.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2009.
Description	viii, 282 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects	Science fiction, English--History and criticism. Science fiction, American--History and criticism. Science and the humanities in literature. Literature and science.

Series	Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 16 Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy 16. ^A600474
Contents	Introduction : Science fiction at the crossroads of two cultures / Gary Westfahl -- Science fiction and the two cultures : reflections after the Snow-Leavis controversy / Carl Freedman -- Science fiction, mediating agent between C.P. Snow's two cultures : a historical interpretation / Bradford Lyau -- Fighting out of context : culture wars within and without science fiction, from Snow to Sokal / Howard v. Hendrix -- A tale of two cultures : science studies and science fiction / Stephen Potts -- The rich and the poor : science fiction and the other two cultures / Gary Westfahl -- The science of fiction and the fiction of science : a storytelling animal in an inhospitable world / Frank McConnell -- Dimorphs and doubles : J.D. Bernal's "two cultures" and the transhuman promise / George Slusser -- Discontinuity : spaceships at the abyss / Carol MacKay and Kirk Hampton -- Gregory Benford's Against infinity and the literary, historical and geometric formation of the encyclopedic circle of knowledge / Pekka Kuusisto -- Utopia and utopianism in the life, work, and thought of H.G. Wells / John S. Partington -- The alien eye : imperialism and otherness in H.G. Wells's The first men in the Moon / Gareth Davies-Morris -- Killer robots, laws of robotics, and pernicious humans / George Atkins -- Philip K. Dick's conversion narrative / Noah Mass -- The terror of nature not understood : science, mysticism, and the unknowable in Don DeLillo's Ratner's star / Jake Jakaitis -- When the caesura ceases : two Romanian authors gauge the place of writers in the age of computers / Sharon D. King -- A creature of double vision / Gregory Benford -- Afterword : Science fiction and the playing fields of Eaton / Gary Westfahl -- Bibliography of works related to science fiction and the two cultures debate.
Abstract	"Essays are arranged chronologically and form a historical survey of science fiction, showing how early writers like Dante and Mary Shelley revealed a gradual shift toward a genuine understanding of science; and how H.G. Wells first showed the possibilities of a literature that could combine scientific and humanistic perspectives"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-270) and index.
LCCN	2009010114
ISBN	9780786442973 (softcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0786442972 (softcover : alk. paper)

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