State of the Fantastic by Nicholas Ruddick
This collection of 20 essays on the fantastic in the arts covers fantasists and their work, contemporary fantastic theory and practice, studies in the British and European fantastic, studies in American fantasy and science fiction, and sex and techno-horror in fantastic literature and film.-
Folklore and the Fantastic in Twelve Modern Irish Novels
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The Intersection of Science Fiction and Philosophy
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Chaos Theory, Asimov's Foundations and Robots, and Herbert's Dune
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The Transcendent Adventure
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Formula Fiction?
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A Better Country
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Science Fiction, Canonization, Marginalization, and the Academy
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Unearthly Visions
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The Aesthetics of Ambivalence
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The Fantastic Vampire
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The Unexpected Universe of Doris Lessing
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Clockwork Worlds
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Aspects of Fantasy
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Transformations of Language in Modern Dystopias
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Space and Beyond
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Spiritual Exploration in the Works of Doris Lessing
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The Reclamation of a Queen
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Contours of the Fantastic
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Transrealist Fiction
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Eros in the Mind's Eye
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Ultimate Island
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Science and Destabilization in the Modern American Gothic
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Science Fiction for Young Readers
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The Fantastic in World Literature and the Arts
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Robert Silverberg's Many Trapdoors
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Reflections on the Fantastic
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Visions of the Fantastic
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The Mechanical God
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Strange Constellations
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Flashes of the Fantastic
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Great Themes of Science Fiction
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Death and the Serpent
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Comic Tones in Science Fiction
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Spectrum of the Fantastic
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Young Adult Science Fiction
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Monsters, Mushroom Clouds, and the Cold War
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More Real Than Reality
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Science Fiction, Children's Literature, and Popular Culture
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Robbe-Grillet and the Fantastic
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Seven Masters of Supernatural Fiction
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Staging the Impossible
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Phoenix From the Ashes
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The Poetic Fantastic
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When World Views Collide
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A Literary Symbiosis
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Forms of the Fantastic
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Science Fiction Fandom
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The Celebration of the Fantastic
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Trajectories of the Fantastic
NICHOLAS RUDDICK is Associate Professor of English at the University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. He has two books forthcoming from Greenwood Press: Ultimate Island: On the Nature of British Science Fiction and British Science Fiction: A Chronology.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780313278532 |
| ISBN 10 | 0313278539 |
| Title | State of the Fantastic |
| Author | Nicholas Ruddick |
| Series | Contributions To The Study Of Science Fiction And Fantasy Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Year published | 1992-07-22 |
| Number of pages | 232 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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