Red Planets: Marxism and Science Fiction (Marxism and Culture) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745327303 ISBN 13: 9780745327303

Publisher: Pluto Press, 2009

Synopsis

Science fiction and socialism have always had a close relationship. Many sf novelists and filmmakers are leftists. Others examine explicit or implicit Marxist concerns. As a genre, sf is ideally suited to critiquing the present through its explorations of the social and political possibilities of the future. This is the first collection to combine analyses of sf literature and films within a broader overview of Marxist theorisations of and critical perspectives on the genre. This is an accessible and lively introduction for anyone studying the politics of sf, covering a rich variety of examples from Weimar cinema to mainstream Hollywood films, and novelists from Jules Verne and H.G. Wells to Kim Stanley Robinson, Ken MacLeod and Charles Stross.

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About the Author

Mark Bould is Reader in Film and Literature at the University of the West of England, co-editor of Science Fiction Film and Television and an advisory editor for Extrapolation, Historical Materialism, Paradoxa and Science Fiction Studies. His books include Film Noir: From Berlin to Sin City (2005), The Cinema of John Sayles (2009) and he is co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction (2009). China Mieville is an independent researcher and novelist. He won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Perdido Street Station (2000) and Iron Council (2004), the British Fantasy Award for The Scar (2002) and the Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book for Un Lun Dun (2007). He is an editor of Historical Materialism.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0745327303
• ISBN 13: 9780745327303
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Bould Mark