Practicing Science Fiction: Critical Essays on Writing, Reading and Teaching the Genre

by Karen Hellekson, Patrick B. Sharp, Craig B. Jacobsen, et al.

Book Overview

Drawn from the Science Fiction Research Association conference held in Lawrence, Kansas, in 2008, the essays in this volume address intersections among the reading, writing, and teaching of science fiction. Part 1 studies the teaching of SF, placing analytical and pedagogical research next to each other to reveal how SF can be both an object of study as well as a teaching tool for other disciplines. Part 2 examines SF as a genre of mediation between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786447931
• ISBN13: 9780786447930
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher