In other worlds

SF and the human imagination

255 pages

English language

Published Jan. 7, 2011 by Signal.

ISBN:
978-0-7710-0848-1
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OCLC Number:
714268656

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Margaret Atwood lends her distinctive voice and singular point of view to the speculative / science fiction genre in a series of essays that brilliantly illuminate the essential truths about the modern world. With characteristic wit and punch, and understanding of our society and those who inhabit it, Atwood explores her relationship with Science Fiction as a writer and a reader.

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In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination is a curious book. But to understand some of its raison d'être you need a little background.

Once upon a time...

Margaret Atwood seems to have had tense relationship with some elements of the science fiction community( and vice versa) since her release of the novel The Handmaid's Tale in 1985.

Atwood was awarded the Arthur C Clarke[1] for The Handmaid's Tale , which was also nominated for a Nebula[2] and a Prometheus [3] – all science fiction awards. It was also a finalist for the prestigious Booker Prize for literature.

She has previously distanced herself from the science fiction scene stating that she doesn’t consider what she writes to be science fiction, that she writes speculative fiction. Perhaps her early response to praise from the science fiction community, in the form of awards, can be viewed understandably as an impolite rebuff …

Subjects

  • Science fiction
  • Histoire et critique
  • Speculative fiction
  • History and criticism
  • Roman d'hypothese
  • Science-fiction