Back to the future - using the past in sci-fi novels
Medium
Periodical Article
Medium
- part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Sep2007 (Volume) 37
Classif
820 EMA
Subject
Science fiction
Page
30-31
Authors
Wolfe, Melissa
Contents
The author explores the strange phenomenon of sci-fi narratives whose worlds owe more to the past than the future, using '1984' , 'The Handmaid's Tale', 'Riddley Walker' and 'Oryx' and Crake' as her main examples.
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