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Fiction 2000

Cyberpunk and the Future of Narrative

Fiction 2000( )
Editor: Slusser, George
Shippey, Tom
Series title:Proceedings of the J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature Ser.
ISBN:978-0-8203-1449-5
Publication Date:Nov 1992
Publisher:University of Georgia Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $32.95
Book Description:

This essay collection divines the prospects of fiction in the information age by examining cyberpunk literature. Cyberpunk is driven by deep concerns about society, ethics, and new technology and has been defined as the literature of the first generation of science-fiction writers actually to live in a science-fiction world.

Book Details
Pages:312
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / Science Fiction & Fantasy
Literary Criticism / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.068 x 9.163 x 0.882 Inches
Book Weight:1.17 Pounds
Author Biography
(Editor)
Tom Shippey taught at Oxford University at the same time as J. R. R. Tolkien & with the same syllabus, which gives him an intimate familiarity with the works that fueled Tolkien's imagination. He subsequently held the chair of English language & medieval literature at Leeds University that Tolkien had previously held. He currently holds the Walter J. Ong Chair of Humanities at St. Louis University in Missouri.

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