Biotic Invasions: Ecological Imperialism in New Wave Science Fiction.
This essay examines a spate of SF novels and stories by Thomas M. Disch, J. G. Ballard, and others published during the 1960s and 70s that address imminent threats to human survival. Replacing 1950s-era tales of nuclear annihilation, these texts envisioned less immediate, but no less apocalyptic, sc...
| Publicado en: | Yearbook of English Studies Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 103 - 120 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Modern Humanities Research Association
2007
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