3,416円 A history and examination of dystopia and angst in popular culture that speaks to our current climate of dread. At the dawn of the 20th century, a wide-ranging utopianism dominated popular and intellectual cultures throughout Europe and America. However, in the aftermathof the World Wars, with su...

10,430円 Romantic Futures is a collection which explores the significance of futurity in British Romanticism from a comparative perspective in three defining manifestations: the future as conscious legacy, by which is meant both influences or continuities and the (anticipations of) impact on the future; t...

1,210円 How does science fiction envision new forms of life ー plausible yet radically different from what we know? Fluid Futures explores how science fiction offers bold, thought-provoking scenarios that challenge our assumptions about time, technology, and the limits of human experience. Rather than pr...

10,430円 This book works to delineate some of the major routes by which science and art intersect. Structured according to the origin myths of the posthuman that continue to shape the idea of the human in our technological modernity, this volume gives space to narratives of alter-modernity that resonate w...

5,141円 Engaging a diverse range of contemporary anglophone literature from authors of the Asian, Middle Eastern and Caribbean diasporas, this book explores how such works turn to spirit forces, spirit realms and spirit beings - were-animals, mystical birds, and snake goddesses - as positive forces that ...

3,677円 What makes science fiction genres better than others at challenging social conventions, especially gender? Are speculative works structured differently when addressed to traditionally under-portrayed individuals or communities? This collection of interviews elicits truly honest and thought-provok...

750円 Xamus, heir to the title of Sacred Overlord of Mars, wields unbridled power with an iron fist. In honour of his coronation, the Abyssal trials commence. As per Martian custom, 2 days of all out bloodshed on the distant exo-planet, Proxima Centauri B awaits misfortunate participants; With the titl...

4,435円 Finalist for the Gordon K. and Sybil Lewis Award from the Caribbean Studies Association The Cyborg Caribbean examines a wide range of twenty-first-century Cuban, Dominican, and Puerto Rican science fiction texts, arguing that authors from Pedro Cabiya, Alexandra Pagan-Velez, and Vagabond Beaumont...

1,760円 Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is an in-depth look at one of the most beloved books of the twentieth century, uncovering its secrets and delights. "An admirable and thought-provoking consideration of the underlying themes of The Hobbit, following the there-and-back-again progress from its ...

1,200円 Fruto de uma extensa pesquisa, "Fantástico Brasileiro: o insólito literário do romantismo ao fantasismo", de Bruno Anselmi Matangrano e Enéias Tavares, percorre quase 200 anos de história literária para mostrar que o fantástico sempre motivou interesse de escritores, críticos, editores e leitores...

4,627円 In this cutting-edge study of Tolkien's most critically neglected maps, Anahit Behrooz examines how cartography has traditionally been bound up in facilitating power. Far more than just illustrations to aid understanding of the story, Tolkien's corpus of maps are crucial to understanding the broa...

2,691円 In such classic works as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion, J. R. R. Tolkien depicts a vast, complex world-system. Tolkien's Middle-earth comes to life with intensely detailed historical, geographical, and multicultural content, which is presented through different poetic fo...