Terraforming: Ecopolitical Transformations and Environmentalism in Science Fiction

"This book explores the emergence and development of terraforming in science fiction from H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds (1898) to James Cameron's blockbuster Avatar (2009). Terraforming is the process of making other worlds habitable for human life. Its counterpart on Earth--geoe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Pak, Chris, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press 2016.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 55.
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009422364306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : terraforming : engineering imaginary environments
  • Landscaping nature's otherness in pre-1960s terraforming and proto-Gaian stories
  • The American pastoral and the conquest of space
  • Ecology and environmental awareness in 1960s-1970s
  • Edging towards an eco-cosmopolitan vision
  • Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy
  • Conclusion.