Classic speculative fiction with a comedic approach Conjuring worlds in which robots are kings and Earthlings exist on the fringes of the universe, Stanislaw Lem's anachronistic fairy tales and science fiction parables envision knights who fight for the favor of a mechanical princess, a computer that can create anything (so long as it ......
An introduction to key concepts in international relations and strategy through the interstellar narratives of Cixin Liu's Hugo Award-winning trilogy Science fiction has long examined social, political, and moral issues through imagined worlds. This book uses Chinese author Cixin Liu's award-winning trilogy as a teaching tool to illustrate ......
What's your game, TV Century 21? Killer robot penguins, maniacal treasure hunters, time-travelling dam busters - Thunderbirds remained one of TV Century 21's most popular comic strips into the late 1960s and their continuing adventures pushed International Rescue into increasingly surreal territory! Thunderbirds Comic Anthology Volume Two ......
Explores how feminist science-fiction writers engage with ecological and environmental speculation and memory-work. Science Fiction Ecologies traces how Octavia E. Butler, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Judith Merril - three generations of groundbreaking feminist science fiction writers-used ecological imagination and rigorous memory-work to rethink ......
Explores how feminist science-fiction writers engage with ecological and environmental speculation and memory-work. Science Fiction Ecologies traces how Octavia E. Butler, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Judith Merril - three generations of groundbreaking feminist science fiction writers-used ecological imagination and rigorous memory-work to rethink ......
What if the mission was never just about the planet? In their latest adventure, Anton and Ellie-two former Centurion Guardians from the planet Xylodon-find themselves investigating the seamier side of America from nationalist militias in the woods of Idaho to human trafficking as they navigate the trauma of love, loss, and betrayal in both human ......
What happens when the grid goes down-and it's not coming back up anytime soon? In a chillingly realistic tale inspired by actual events, Dark Texas unfolds the moment when a brutal winter storm overwhelms the Lone Star State, triggering a cascading failure of its energy infrastructure. As oil and gas wellheads freeze, wind turbines seize, and ......
Archives and Time Travel in the Popular Imagination
The fascination with time travel and its consistent popularity within the science fiction genre is deeply rooted in science fiction writers' and readers' passion for history and, by extension, for libraries and other kinds of archives. However, time travel, archives, and history intersect in the public imagination in ways that don't always match ......
The Transformative Possibilities of Latinx Youth Literatures
Facing Uncertain Futures: The Transformative Possibilities of Latinx Youth Literatures challenges the notion that the futures of Latinx youth are predetermined. While systemic inequities persist, author Cristina Rhodes shows how children's and young adult literature envision futures filled with possibility, resistance, and renewal. In these ......