| Description |
7 sound discs (approximately 7 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (88 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm) |
| Series |
Modern scholar.
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| Bibliography |
Course guide includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Lecture 1. What is science fiction? -- Lecture 2. The roots of science fiction. -- Lecture 3. Mysterious lore, marvelous tech: the 1930s -- Lecture 4. Hard-boiled science fiction: the 1940s -- Lecture 5. The grand master: Robert A. Heinlein -- Lecture 6. Onward and outward: the 1950s, space travel, apocalypticism, and the beautiful weirdness of Cordwainer Smith -- Lecture 7. A new set of questions: the "new wave" of the 1960s and 1970s -- Lecture 8. The world builder: Frank Herbert -- Lecture 9. The surrealists: Ballard and Bradbury -- Lecture 10. The computer revolution: cyberpunk and the 1980s -- Lecture 11. Post-punk: Neal Stephenson -- Lecture 12. Women and gender -- Lecture 13. The satirists -- Lecture 14. The shape of things to come. |
| Performer |
Professor Michael D. C. Drout, lecturer. |
| Subject |
Science fiction -- History and criticism -- Sound recordings.
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| Local Subject |
BOOKS ON COMPACT DISC.
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| Genre |
Audiobooks.
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| ISBN |
1419388762 (set) |
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1419388770 (course guide) |
| Standard No. |
9781419388767 |
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9781419388774 |
| Music No. |
UC079 Recorded Books |
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