CLASSICAL TRADITIONS IN SCIENCE FICTION

For all its concern with change in the present and future, science fiction is deeply rooted in the past and, surprisingly, engages e specially deeply with the ancient world. Indeed, both as an area in which the meaning of classics is actively transformed and as an open-ended set of texts whose own 'classic' status is a matter of ongoing debate, science fiction reveals much about the roles playe d by ancient classics in modern times. Classical Traditions in Science Fiction is the first collection dedicated to the rich study o f science...[Read more]