Steve Asselin (5 results)

Magazine. The November 19, 2006, issue of the Sunday New York Times Magazine, with: harvest time in the town of Bounconvento, photographed by Joel Meyerowitz, text by Maggie Barrett; China sees nothing but resources and opportunity in African, by James Traub and photographs by Lynsey Addario; chapter 8 of George Sprott, the graphic novel by Seth; chapter 9 of The Overlook by Michael Connelly; gay men and lesbians are having babies and redefining fatherhood, commitment and what a family can be, by John Bowe and cover photograph by Steve Stenzel; a profile of the poet Paul Muldoon, by Charles McGrath and a portrait by Michele Asselin; Katharine Jefferts Schori interviewed by Deborah Solomon; an interview and pictorial tour of the palace of William Herbert, The Earl of Pembroke, by Edward Lewine and photographed by Rebecca Pierce; William Safire, On Language; Randy Cohen, The Ethicist; and much more. Staple-bound magazine; 122 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9.5 x 11.5 inches. Condition: Fine. Will be sandwiched securely between stiff layers of cardboard and shipped the next business day. …

Paperback. Condition: New. Gender and Environment in Science Fiction focuses on the variety of ways that gender and "nature" interact in science fiction films and fictions, exploring questions of different realities and posing new ones. Science fiction asks questions to propose other ways of living; it asks what if, and that question is the basis for alternative narratives of ourselves and the world we are a part of. What if humans could terraform planets? What if we could create human-nonhuman hybrids? What if artificial intelligence gains consciousness? What if we could realize kinship with other species through heightened empathy or traumatic experiences? What if we imagine a world without oil? The texts analyzed in this book ask these questions and others, exploring how humans and nonhumans are connected; how nonhuman biologies can offer diverse ways to think about human sex, gender, and sexual orientation; and how interpretive strategies can subvert the messages of older films and written texts. …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 215 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: New. Gender and Environment in Science Fiction focuses on the variety of ways that gender and "nature" interact in science fiction films and fictions, exploring questions of different realities and posing new ones. Science fiction asks questions to propose other ways of living; it asks what if, and that question is the basis for alternative narratives of ourselves and the world we are a part of. What if humans could terraform planets? What if we could create human-nonhuman hybrids? What if artificial intelligence gains consciousness? What if we could realize kinship with other species through heightened empathy or traumatic experiences? What if we imagine a world without oil? The texts analyzed in this book ask these questions and others, exploring how humans and nonhumans are connected; how nonhuman biologies can offer diverse ways to think about human sex, gender, and sexual orientation; and how interpretive strategies can subvert the messages of older films and written texts. …

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 215 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.