{"product_id":"political-science-fiction-donald-m-hassler-9781570038471","title":"Political Science Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exploration into the provocative politics of futuristic fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePolitical Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e examines the close relationship between politics and science fiction and shows how much of the former is grounded in the latter. Sixteen science fiction writers and critics join forces to offer an anthology that explores a diversity of futuristic literature, from the novels of H. G. Wells to \u003ci\u003eStar Trek: The Next Generation, \u003c\/i\u003e and a spectrum of ideas, from the libertarianism of Robert A. Heinlein to the feminism of Ursula K. LeGuin and Sheri S. Tepper. As Frederik Pohl observes in the lead essay, the contributors collectively find science fiction to be either implicitly or explicitly political by its very nature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEqually divided between essays that analyze science fiction texts as literature and essays that discuss them as models of political science theory and practice, the collection reveals the propensity of fiction writers to center their works on particular governmental structures. Many of the essays explore the frequent portrayal of the U.S. government's response to a catastrophe or an intergalactic issue. Others reveal the ways in which science fiction speaks to the study of international relations, such as the support for realist ideology found in the enormous genre of interspecies war novels and stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald M. Hassler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1570038473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570038471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Donald M. Hassler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939690578175,"sku":"9781570038471","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f0851281-6ed3-4ba4-8121-030e41124840.jpg?v=1681442947","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/political-science-fiction-donald-m-hassler-9781570038471","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}