In this volume, Mike Ashley's acclaimed history of SF magazines comes to the 1980s, charting a significant revolution throughout the genre, much of which was driven by the alternative press, and by new editors at the leading magazines. This period saw the emergence of the cyberpunk movement, and the drive for, what David Hartwell called, 'the hard-SF renaissance', largely driven from within Britain. Ashley plots the rise of many new authors in both strands, including William Gibson, John Shirley, Bruce Sterling, John Kessel, Pat Cadigan and Rudy Rucker in cyberpunk, and Stephen Baxter, Alistair Reynolds, Peter Hamilton, Neal Asher and Robert Reed in hard-SF. He also shows how the alternative magazines looked to support each other through alliances, which allowed them to share and develop ideas as SF evolved.
| ISBN: | 9781781382608 |
| Publication date: | 28th January 2016 |
| Author: | Michael Ashley |
| Publisher: | Liverpool University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Series: | Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 |
In this volume, Mike Ashley's acclaimed history of SF magazines comes to the 1980s, charting a significant revolution throughout the genre, much of which was driven by the alternative press, and by new editors at the leading magazines. This period saw the emergence of the cyberpunk movement, and the drive for, what David Hartwell called, 'the hard-SF renaissance', largely driven from within Britain. Ashley plots the rise of many new authors in both strands, including William Gibson, John Shirley, Bruce Sterling, John Kessel, Pat Cadigan and Rudy Rucker in cyberpunk, and Stephen Baxter, Alistair Reynolds, Peter Hamilton, Neal Asher and Robert Reed in hard-SF. He also shows how the alternative magazines looked to support each other through alliances, which allowed them to share and develop ideas as SF evolved.
The History of the Science-Fiction Magazine. Volume IV Science Fiction Rebels features in the following genres: Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
The History of the Science-Fiction Magazine. Volume IV Science Fiction Rebels is available in Hardback
The History of the Science-Fiction Magazine. Volume IV Science Fiction Rebels was written by Michael Ashley and published by Liverpool University Press
Yes it is part of Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies series