The Sex Is Out of This World: Essays on the Carnal Side of Science Fiction

by Michael G. Cornelius and Sherry Ginn

""Science fiction"" can be translated into ""real unreality."" More than a genre like fantasy, which creates entirely new realms of possibility, science fiction constructs its possibilities from what is real, from what is, indeed, possible, or conceivably so. This collection, then, looks to understand and explore the ""unreal reality,"" to note ways in which our culture's continually changing and evolving mores of sex and sexuality are reflected in,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786466855
• ISBN13: 9780786466856
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher