Science fiction / Roger Luckhurst.

"In this new and timely cultural history of science fiction, Roger Luckhurst examines the genre from its origins in the late nineteenth century to its latest manifestations. The book introduces and explicates major works of science fiction literature by placing them in a series of contexts, usi...

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Main Author: Luckhurst, Roger
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2005.
Series:Cultural history of literature.
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