He also notes the limits of critical literature and the "drift" of high literature into the domain of science fiction in recent years as a result of our Postmodern condition and the limits of critical literature to deal with the disassociative nature of the contemporary experience. He clearly traces the link between the utopian members of the Western Canon and the rise of science fiction's paraliterature, and the societal needs for these works and their roots in the human collective conscienceness. Jameson also remarks on the differences between hard science fiction and fantasy. With a focus on utopianism and dystopia the subjects covered are sex and society, aliens and psychoanalyst, and the motifs and mechanics of this writing field. Authors reviewed range from Dick to Robinson, Brunner to Le Guin. Its division into books I and II enables regular science fiction readers to access straight forward reviews in Book II.Įxpect to learn from this book and don't expect him to enshrine SF into the Western Canon but rather to provide you with an understanding of the zeitgeist of the history of the genre and ourselves. You will need to bring your knowledge of the Western Canon and contemporary philosophy with you in order to fully appreciate this text. A non-apologist review of the science fiction genre through the eyes of America's leading Postmodernist thinker.
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