Kim Stanley Robinson - Couverture souple

Markley, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0252084586 ISBN 13 : 9780252084584

Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2019

Synopsis

Award-winning epics like the Mars Trilogy and groundbreaking alternative histories like The Days of Rice and Salt have brought Kim Stanley Robinson to the forefront of contemporary science fiction. Mixing subject matter from a dizzying number of fields with his own complex ecological and philosophical concerns, Robinson explores how humanity might pursue utopian social action as a strategy for its own survival. Robert Markley examines the works of an author engaged with the fundamental question of how we--as individuals, as a civilization, and as a species--might go forward. By building stories on huge time scales, Robinson lays out the scientific and human processes that fuel humanity's struggle toward a more just and environmentally stable world or system of worlds. His works invite readers to contemplate how to achieve, and live in, these numerous possible futures. They also challenge us to see that SF's literary, cultural, and philosophical significance have made it the preeminent literary genre for examining where we stand today in human and planetary history.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robert Markley is Trowbridge Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His recent books include The Far East and the English Imagination 1600-1730 and Dying Planet: Mars in Science and the Imagination.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Illinois Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0252084586
• ISBN 13: 9780252084584
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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