American Science Fiction and the Cold War
eBook - PDF

American Science Fiction and the Cold War

Literature and Film

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

American Science Fiction and the Cold War

Literature and Film

About this book

David Seed investigates the political inflexions put on American narratives in the post-war decades by Cold War cultural circumstances.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction
  7. I. Postwar Jeremiads: Philip Wylie and Leo Szilard
  8. II. Variations on a Patriotic Theme: Robert A. Heinlein
  9. III. History and Apocalypse in Poul Anderson
  10. IV. Views from the Hearth
  11. V. Cultures of Surveillance
  12. VI. Take-Over Bids; Frederik Pohl and Cyril Kornbluth
  13. VII. The Russians Have Come
  14. VIII. Embodying the Arms Race: Bernard Wolfe's Limbo
  15. IX. The Cold War Computerised
  16. X. Conspiracy Narratives
  17. XI. Absurdist Visions: Dr. Strangelove in Context
  18. XII. The Signs of War: Walter M. Miller and Russell Hoban
  19. XIII. In the Aftermath
  20. XIV. The Star Wars Debate
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index