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Exploring SF through Margaret Atwood's intellectual lens.

If you've ever been intrigued by how speculative and science fiction can shape and reflect our understanding of the world, "In Other Worlds" by Margaret Atwood is a treasure trove of insights. Atwood's distinct voice, renowned for its sharp wit and deep analysis, dissects the genre and its impact on human imagination. It would be particularly enticing for anyone who appreciates the interplay between literature and philosophy, or for fans who wish to delve into the mind of one of speculative fiction's most influential authors.

  • Locus Award Nominee for Best Non-Fiction (2012)
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ISBN: 9781844087556
Authors: Margaret Atwood
Publisher: Virago
Date of Publication: 2012-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Creative Nonfiction
Related Topics: Essays
Goodreads rating: 3.77
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In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination is Margaret Atwood's account of her relationship with the literary form we have come to know as "science fiction." This relationship has been lifelong, stretching from her days as a child reader in the 1940s, through her time as a graduate student at Harvard, where she worked on the Victorian ancestors of the form, and continuing as a writer and reviewer. This book brings together her three heretofore unpublished Ellmann Lectures of 2010 — "Flying Rabbits," which begins with Atwood's early rabbit superhero creations, and goes on to speculate about masks, capes, weakling alter egos, and Things with Wings; "Burning Bushes," which follows her into Victorian otherlands and beyond; and "Dire Cartographies," which investigates Utopias and Dystopias. In Other Worlds also reprints some of Atwood's key reviews of other practitioners of the form and thoughts about SF. She also elucidates the differences — as she sees them — between "science fiction" proper and "speculative fiction," as well as "sword and sorcery/fantasy" and "slipstream fiction." For all readers who have loved the work of Margaret Atwood, especially The Handmaid's Tale, The Blind Assassin, Oryx and Crake, and The Year of the Flood, In Other Worlds is a
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Exploring SF through Margaret Atwood's intellectual lens.

If you've ever been intrigued by how speculative and science fiction can shape and reflect our understanding of the world, "In Other Worlds" by Margaret Atwood is a treasure trove of insights. Atwood's distinct voice, renowned for its sharp wit and deep analysis, dissects the genre and its impact on human imagination. It would be particularly enticing for anyone who appreciates the interplay between literature and philosophy, or for fans who wish to delve into the mind of one of speculative fiction's most influential authors.

  • Locus Award Nominee for Best Non-Fiction (2012)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.