American Science Fiction and the Cold War

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Autorentext

David Seed

Klappentext

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Zusammenfassung
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Inhalt

Introduction; Chapter I Postwar Jeremiads: Philip Wylie and Leo Szilard; Chapter II Variations on a Patriotic Theme: Robert A. Heinlein; Chapter III History and Apocalypse in Poul Anderson; Chapter IV Views from the Hearth; Chapter V Cultures of Surveillance; Chapter VI Take-Over Bids: Frederik Pohl and Cyril Kornbluth; Chapter VII The Russians Have Come; Chapter VIII Embodying the Arms Race: Bernard Wolfe's Limbo; Chapter IX The Cold War Computerised; Chapter X Conspiracy Narratives; Chapter XI Absurdist Visions: Dr. Strangelove in Context; Chapter XII The Signs of War: Walter M. Miller and Russel Hoban; Chapter XIII In the Aftermath; Chapter XIV The Star Wars Debate;