Classical traditions in science fiction
2015; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 53; Issue: 03 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/choice.192220
ISSN1943-5975
AutoresBrett Rogers, Benjamin Eldon Stevens,
Tópico(s)Themes in Literature Analysis
ResumoPreface Introduction: The True History of The Future (and Its Future) Brett M. Rogers Benjamin Eldon Stevens Part I: SF's Rosy-Fingered Dawn 1. The Lunar Setting of Johannes Kepler's Somnium, Science Fiction's Missing Link Dean Swinford 2. Lucretius, Lucan, and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Jesse Weiner 3. Virgil in Jules Verne's Journey to The Center of The Earth Benjamin Eldon Stevens 4. Mr. Lucian in Suburbia: Links between The True History and The First Men in The Moon Antony Keen Part II: SF 'Classics' 5. A Complex Oedipus: The Tragedy of Edward Morbius Gregory S. Bucher 6. Walter M. Miller, Jr.'s A Canticle for Leibowitz, The Great Year, and The Ages of Man Erik Grayson 7. Time and Self-Referentiality in The Iliad and Frank Herbert's Dune Joel Christensen 8. Disability as Rhetorical Trope in Classical Myth and Blade Runner Rebecca Raphael Part III: Classics in Space 9. Moral and Mortal in Star Trek: The Original Series George Kovacs 10. Hybrids and Homecomings in The Odyssey and Alien Resurrection Brett M. Rogers 11. Classical Antiquity and Western Identity in Battlestar Galactica Vincent Tomasso Part IV: Ancient Classics for a Future Generation? 12. Revised Iliadic Epiphanies in Dan Simmons' Ilium Gael Grobety 13. Refiguring the Roman Empire in The Hunger Games Trilogy Marian Makins 14. Jonathan Hickman's Pax Romana and The End of Antiquity C. W. Marshall Appendix Suggestions for Further Reading and Viewing Robert W. Cape, Jr. Works Cited
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