American Science Fiction and the Cold War : : Literature and Film / / David Seed.
American Science Fiction - in both literature and film - has played a key role in the portrayal of the fears inherent in the Cold War. The end of this era heralds the need for a reassessment of the literary output of the forty-year period since 1945. Working through a series of important texts, Davi...
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| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- I. Postwar Jeremiads: Philip Wylie and Leo Szilard
- II. Variations on a Patriotic Theme: Robert A. Heinlein
- III. History and Apocalypse in Poul Anderson
- IV. Views from the Hearth
- V. Cultures of Surveillance
- VI. Take-Over Bids; Frederik Pohl and Cyril Kornbluth
- VII. The Russians Have Come
- VIII. Embodying the Arms Race: Bernard Wolfe's Limb
- IX. The Cold War Computerised
- X. Conspiracy Narratives
- XI. Absurdist Visions: Dr. Strangelove in Context
- XII. The Signs of War: Walter M. Miller and Russell Hoban
- XIII. In the Aftermath
- XIV. The Star Wars Debate
- Bibliography
- Index