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Dangerous Visions and New Worlds : Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985 by Andrew Nette; Iain McIntyre; Rjurik Davidson; Rob Latham; Kat Clay; David Curcio; Erica L. Satifka; Nicolas Tredell; Daniel Shank Cruz; Rebecca Baumann; Nick Mamatas; Brian Greene; Kelly Roberts; Maitland McDonaugh; Mike Stax; Scott Adlerberg; Cameron Ashley; Lucy Sussex; Molly Grattan; Kirsten Bussire; Donna Glee Williams; Michael A. Gonzales is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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Much has been written about the "long Sixties," the era of the late 1950s through the early 1970s. It was a period of major social change, most graphically illustrated by the emergence of liberatory and resistance movements focused on inequalities of class, race, gender, sexuality, and beyond, whose challenge represented a major shock to the political and social status quo. With its focus on speculation, alternate worlds and the future, science fiction became an ideal vessel for this upsurge of radical protest.Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985 details, celebrates, and evaluates how science fiction novels and authors depicted, interacted with, and were inspired by these cultural and political movements in America and Great Britain. It starts with progressive authors who rose to prominence in the conservative 1950s, challenging the so-called Golden Age of science fiction and its linear narratives of technological breakthroughs and space-conquering male heroes. The book then moves through the 1960s, when writers, including those in what has been termed the New Wave, shattered existing writing conventions and incorporated contemporary themes such a

Author

Andrew Nette; Iain McIntyre; Rjurik Davidson; Rob Latham; Kat Clay; David Curcio; Erica L. Satifka; Nicolas Tredell; Daniel Shank Cruz; Rebecca Baumann; Nick Mamatas; Brian Greene; Kelly Roberts; Maitland McDonaugh; Mike Stax; Scott Adlerberg; Cameron Ashley; Lucy Sussex; Molly Grattan; Kirsten Bussire; Donna Glee Williams; Michael A. Gonzales

Publisher

Oakland, CA: PM Press

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781629638836