Reading by Starlight: Postmodern Science Fiction

by Damien Broderick

Reading by Starlight explores the characteristics in the writing, marketing and reception of science fiction which distinguish it as a genre.
Damien Broderick explores the postmodern self-referentiality of the sci-fi narrative, its intricate coded language and discursive encyclopaedia'. He shows how, for perfect understanding, sci-fi readers must learn the codes of these imaginary worlds and vocabularies, all the time picking up references to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415097894
• ISBN13: 9780415097895
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"