Lingua Cosmica Science Fiction from Around the World |
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| Editor:
| Knickerbocker, Dale |
| Contribution by:
| Chaviano, Daína
Dukaj, Jacek
Dunyach, Jean-Claude
Eschbach, Andreas
Gorodischer, Angélica
Komatsu, Sakyo
Liu, Cixin
McAllister, Laurent
Osunsanmi, Olatunde
Sinisalo, Johanna
Strugatsky, Arkady and Boris
de Vita, Alexis Brooks
Frelik, Pawel
Howell, Yvonne
Molina-Gavilán, Yolanda
Petersen, Vibeke Rützou
Ransom, Amy J.
Roine, Hanna-Riikka
Samola, Hanna
Song, Mingwei
Takayuki, Tatsumi
Redondo, Juan Carlos Toledano
Vas-Deyres, Natacha |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-05042-8 |
| Publication Date: | May 2018 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $110.00 |
Book Description:
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Anthologies, awards, journals, and works in translation have sprung up to reflect science fiction's increasingly international scope. Yet scholars and students alike face a problem. Where does one begin to explore global SF in the absence of an established canon? Lingua Cosmica opens the door to some of the creators in the vanguard of international science fiction. Eleven experts offer innovative English-language scholarship on figures ranging from Cuban pioneer Daína Chaviano to...
More DescriptionAnthologies, awards, journals, and works in translation have sprung up to reflect science fiction's increasingly international scope. Yet scholars and students alike face a problem. Where does one begin to explore global SF in the absence of an established canon? Lingua Cosmica opens the door to some of the creators in the vanguard of international science fiction. Eleven experts offer innovative English-language scholarship on figures ranging from Cuban pioneer Daína Chaviano to Nigerian filmmaker Olatunde Osunsanmi to the Hugo Award-winning Chinese writer Liu Cixin. These essays invite readers to ponder the themes, formal elements, and unique cultural characteristics within the works of these irreplaceable--if too-little-known--artists. Dale Knickerbocker includes fantasists and genre-benders pushing SF along new evolutionary paths even as they draw on the traditions of their own literary cultures. Includes essays on Daína Chaviano (Cuba), Jacek Dukaj (Poland), Jean-Claude Dunyac (France), Andreas Eschbach (Germany), Angélica Gorodischer (Argentina), Sakyo Komatsu (Japan), Liu Cixin (China), Laurent McAllister (Yves Meynard and Jean-Louis Trudel, Francophone Canada), Olatunde Osunsanmi (Nigeria), Johanna Sinisalo (Finland), and Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (Russia). Contributors: Alexis Brooks de Vita, Pawel Frelik, Yvonne Howell, Yolanda Molina-Gavilán, Vibeke Rützou Petersen, Amy J. Ransom, Hanna-Riikka Roine, Hanna Samola, Mingwei Song, Tatsumi Takayuki, Juan Carlos Toledano Redondo, and Natacha Vas-Deyres.