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Item specifics
- Condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9780385533966
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0385533969
ISBN-13
9780385533966
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102954444
Product Key Features
Book Title
In Other Worlds : SF and the Human Imagination
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
Biotechnology, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Women Authors, Canadian
Genre
Literary Criticism, Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
16.4 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2011-013776
Reviews
"Deeply thoughtful, deftly argued, sometimes unexpected-[Atwood] shows readers how science fiction fits into a long, venerable tradition. . . . Bracing, provocative." - Los Angeles Times "Eminently readable and accessible. . . . Atwood revels in all aspects of the SF genre, both high- and low-brow, and her enthusiasm and level of intellectual engagement are second to none." - Financial Times "A witty, astute collection of essays and lectures on science fiction . . . It's clear that [Atwood's] affection for the genre is deep and genuine . . . Wholly satisfying, with plenty of insights for Atwood and sci-fi fans alike." - Kirkus Reviews , starred "Atwood's prose is addictive. . . . She crafts sentences with poise and grace and pitch-perfect highbrow humor." - Cleveland Plain Dealer "Atwood fans, sci-fi fans, indeed fiction fans, have reason to rejoice. In Other Worlds is a delightful read full of Atwood's well-honed prose and sly sense of humor. . . . Delving into her personal origins as a sci-fi writer as well as the social and literary origins of the genre in its broadest sense, Atwood offers interesting, entertaining and thoughtful insight into both. For anyone interested in the genesis of fiction, science fiction, or the authors behind either (and of course Atwood in particular), In Other Worlds is a worthwhile and rewarding read." - The Miami Herald "Atwood archly and profoundly delves into her 'lifelong relationship' with science fiction in a collection of glimmering essays." - Booklist PRAISE FOR MARGARET ATWOOD "A speculative-fiction visionary . . . Atwood has an uncanny knack for tapping into humanity's uncertain future and predicting mankind's cultural, scientific and sociopolitical falls from glory . . . Her fiction has peeled back the skin of our disturbing subcutaneous nightmares." - Wired "One of the most intelligent and talented writers to set herself the task of deciphering life in the late twentieth century." - Vogue "Throughout her literary career . . . Margaret Atwood has impressed and delighted readers with her wit, lyric virtuosity, and imaginative acuity." - San Francisco Chronicle "This amazing woman's voice, this fine writer's constant example, is extraordinary." - Boston Globe "The tremendous imaginative power of [Atwood's] fiction allows us to believe that anything is possible." - New York Times Book Review, "A witty, astute collection of essays and lectures on science fiction . . . It's clear that [Atwood's] affection for the genre is deep and genuine . . . Wholly satisfying, with plenty of insights for Atwood and sci-fi fans alike." - Kirkus Reviews , starred "Atwood fans, sci-fi fans, indeed fiction fans, have reason to rejoice. In Other Worlds is a delightful read full of Atwood's well-honed prose and sly sense of humor. . . . Delving into her personal origins as a sci-fi writer as well as the social and literary origins of the genre in its broadest sense, Atwood offers interesting, entertaining and thoughtful insight into both. For anyone interested in the genesis of fiction, science fiction, or the authors behind either (and of course Atwood in particular), In Other Worlds is a worthwhile and rewarding read." - The Miami Herald "Atwood archly and profoundly delves into her 'lifelong relationship' with science fiction in a collection of glimmering essays." - Booklist "A speculative-fiction visionary . . . Atwood has an uncanny knack for tapping into humanity's uncertain future and predicting mankind's cultural, scientific and sociopolitical falls from glory . . . Her fiction has peeled back the skin of our disturbing subcutaneous nightmares." - Wired "One of the most intelligent and talented writers to set herself the task of deciphering life in the late twentieth century." - Vogue "Throughout her literary career . . . Margaret Atwood has impressed and delighted readers with her wit, lyric virtuosity, and imaginative acuity." - San Francisco Chronicle "This amazing woman's voice, this fine writer's constant example, is extraordinary." - Boston Globe "The tremendous imaginative power of [Atwood's] fiction allows us to believe that anything is possible." - New York Times Book Review, "Deeply thoughtful, deftly argued, sometimes unexpected--[Atwood] shows readers how science fiction fits into a long, venerable tradition. . . . Bracing, provocative." -- Los Angeles Times "Eminently readable and accessible. . . . Atwood revels in all aspects of the SF genre, both high- and low-brow, and her enthusiasm and level of intellectual engagement are second to none." -- Financial Times "Atwood is a perceptive and enthusiastic literary critic, dryly funny and eclectically curious." --San Francisco Chronicle "A witty, astute collection of essays and lectures on science fiction . . . It's clear that [Atwood's] affection for the genre is deep and genuine . . . Wholly satisfying, with plenty of insights for Atwood and sci-fi fans alike." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred "Atwood's prose is addictive. . . . She crafts sentences with poise and grace and pitch-perfect highbrow humor." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer "Atwood fans, sci-fi fans, indeed fiction fans, have reason to rejoice. In Other Worlds is a delightful read full of Atwood's well-honed prose and sly sense of humor. . . . Delving into her personal origins as a sci-fi writer as well as the social and literary origins of the genre in its broadest sense, Atwood offers interesting, entertaining and thoughtful insight into both. For anyone interested in the genesis of fiction, science fiction, or the authors behind either (and of course Atwood in particular), In Other Worlds is a worthwhile and rewarding read." -- The Miami Herald "Atwood archly and profoundly delves into her 'lifelong relationship' with science fiction in a collection of glimmering essays." -- Booklist PRAISE FOR MARGARET ATWOOD "A speculative-fiction visionary . . . Atwood has an uncanny knack for tapping into humanity's uncertain future and predicting mankind's cultural, scientific and sociopolitical falls from glory . . . Her fiction has peeled back the skin of our disturbing subcutaneous nightmares." -- Wired "One of the most intelligent and talented writers to set herself the task of deciphering life in the late twentieth century." -- Vogue "Throughout her literary career . . . Margaret Atwood has impressed and delighted readers with her wit, lyric virtuosity, and imaginative acuity." -- San Francisco Chronicle "This amazing woman's voice, this fine writer's constant example, is extraordinary." -- Boston Globe "The tremendous imaginative power of [Atwood's] fiction allows us to believe that anything is possible." -- New York Times Book Review, "Deeply thoughtful, deftly argued, sometimes unexpected-[Atwood] shows readers how science fiction fits into a long, venerable tradition. . . . Bracing, provocative." - Los Angeles Times "Eminently readable and accessible. . . . Atwood revels in all aspects of the SF genre, both high- and low-brow, and her enthusiasm and level of intellectual engagement are second to none." - Financial Times "Atwood is a perceptive and enthusiastic literary critic, dryly funny and eclectically curious." -San Francisco Chronicle "A witty, astute collection of essays and lectures on science fiction . . . It's clear that [Atwood's] affection for the genre is deep and genuine . . . Wholly satisfying, with plenty of insights for Atwood and sci-fi fans alike." - Kirkus Reviews , starred "Atwood's prose is addictive. . . . She crafts sentences with poise and grace and pitch-perfect highbrow humor." - Cleveland Plain Dealer "Atwood fans, sci-fi fans, indeed fiction fans, have reason to rejoice. In Other Worlds is a delightful read full of Atwood's well-honed prose and sly sense of humor. . . . Delving into her personal origins as a sci-fi writer as well as the social and literary origins of the genre in its broadest sense, Atwood offers interesting, entertaining and thoughtful insight into both. For anyone interested in the genesis of fiction, science fiction, or the authors behind either (and of course Atwood in particular), In Other Worlds is a worthwhile and rewarding read." - The Miami Herald "Atwood archly and profoundly delves into her 'lifelong relationship' with science fiction in a collection of glimmering essays." - Booklist PRAISE FOR MARGARET ATWOOD "A speculative-fiction visionary . . . Atwood has an uncanny knack for tapping into humanity's uncertain future and predicting mankind's cultural, scientific and sociopolitical falls from glory . . . Her fiction has peeled back the skin of our disturbing subcutaneous nightmares." - Wired "One of the most intelligent and talented writers to set herself the task of deciphering life in the late twentieth century." - Vogue "Throughout her literary career . . . Margaret Atwood has impressed and delighted readers with her wit, lyric virtuosity, and imaginative acuity." - San Francisco Chronicle "This amazing woman's voice, this fine writer's constant example, is extraordinary." - Boston Globe "The tremendous imaginative power of [Atwood's] fiction allows us to believe that anything is possible." - New York Times Book Review, "A witty, astute collection of essays and lectures on science fiction . . . It's clear that [Atwood's] affection for the genre is deep and genuine . . . Wholly satisfying, with plenty of insights for Atwood and sci-fi fans alike." - Kirkus Reviews , starred "Atwood archly and profoundly delves into her 'lifelong relationship' with science fiction in a collection of glimmering essays." - Booklist "A speculative-fiction visionary . . . Atwood has an uncanny knack for tapping into humanity's uncertain future and predicting mankind's cultural, scientific and sociopolitical falls from glory . . . Her fiction has peeled back the skin of our disturbing subcutaneous nightmares." - Wired "One of the most intelligent and talented writers to set herself the task of deciphering life in the late twentieth century." - Vogue "Throughout her literary career . . . Margaret Atwood has impressed and delighted readers with her wit, lyric virtuosity, and imaginative acuity." - San Francisco Chronicle "This amazing woman's voice, this fine writer's constant example, is extraordinary." - Boston Globe "The tremendous imaginative power of [Atwood's] fiction allows us to believe that anything is possible." - New York Times Book Review
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
808.83876
Synopsis
At a time when speculative fiction seems less and less far-fetched, Margaret Atwood lends her distinctive voice and singular point of view to the genre in a series of essays that brilliantly illuminates the essential truths about the modern world. This is an exploration of her relationship with the literary form we have come to know as "science fiction," a relationship that has been lifelong, stretching from her days as a child reader in the 1940s, through her time as a graduate student at Harvard, where she worked on the Victorian ancestor of the form, and continuing as a writer and reviewer. This book brings together her three heretofore unpublished Ellmann Lectures from 2010: "Flying Rabbits," which begins with Atwood's early rabbit superhero creations, and goes on to speculate about masks, capes, weakling alter egos, and Things with Wings; "Burning Bushes," which follows her into Victorian otherlands and beyond; and "Dire Cartographies," which investigates Utopias and Dystopias. In Other Worlds also includes some of Atwood's key reviews and thoughts about the form. Among those writers discussed are Marge Piercy, Rider Haggard, Ursula Le Guin, Ishiguro, Bryher, Huxley, and Jonathan Swift. She elucidates the differences (as she sees them) between "science fiction" proper, and "speculative fiction," as well as between "sword and sorcery/fantasy" and "slipstream fiction." For all readers who have loved The Handmaid's Tale , Oryx and Crake , and The Year of the Flood , In Other Worlds is a must.
LC Classification Number
PR9199.3.A8Z545 2011
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