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Masculinity in Contemporary Science Fiction by Men

No Plans for the Future

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

Av Sara Martín, Sara Martin

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Masculinity in Contemporary Science Fiction by Men: No Plans for the Future is the first comprehensive study of the self-representation of men in SF novels published in the twenty-first century by male authors. Exploring a broad selection of writers and works, the fourteen chapters present a panoramic overview of men’s contributions to current SF and explore their slow but noticeable progress in the representation of gender. The impact of feminism and gender studies, and the demands of readers, have profoundly transformed men’s SF, which now presents far more caring and vulnerable male characters. The old stereotypes are being replaced by a collective reflection on how men and masculinity are changing, though the lack of a common agenda results in novels that, while exciting and often challenging, sometimes miss the chance to imagine a better, anti-patriarchal, pro-feminist future for men and for all human beings. The authors analysed include Robert Charles Wilson, Geoff Ryman, Samuel R. Delany, Richard K. Morgan, John Scalzi, Iain M. Banks, Ernest Cline, James S.A. Corey, Colson Whitehead, Andy Weir, Daniel H. Wilson, Ian McDonald, Yoon Ha Lee, Tade Thompson, Neal Stephenson and Kim Stanley Robinson.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-08-01
Mått163 x 239 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieLiverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies
Antal sidor272
FörlagLiverpool University Press
ISBN9781836245704

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Introduction: A Missing Agenda How to Stop Future Patriarchy: Robert Charles Wilson’s The Chronoliths Queer SF and the Pursuit of Happiness: Geoff Ryman’s Lust *and Samuel R. Delany’s *Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders Body to Body: Ghostly Masculinity in Richard K. Morgan’s Takeshi Kovacs Trilogy The Marrying Kind: John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War Series The Soldier, the Villain, and Hell: Iain M. Banks’s Surface Detail Of Nerds and Geeks: Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One and Ready Player Two The Quixotic Space Captain: James S.A. Corey’s Expanse Series Facing Disaster: Colson Whitehead’s Zone One and Andy Weir’s The Martian The Hero’s Archive and the Evil AIs: Daniel H. Wilson’s Robopocalypse and Robogenesis The Capitalist on the Moon: Ian McDonald’s Luna Trilogy The Revenant General in the Woman’s Body: Yoon Ha Lee’s Machineries of Empire The Cowardly Hero That Nobody Likes: Tade Thompson’s Wormwood Trilogy The Billionaire in the Digital Afterlife: Neal Stephenson’s Fall; or, Dodge in Hell Men in Despair: Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future Conclusion

‘A crucial and timely addition to masculinity studies, No Plans for the Future, in surveying male-authored speculative fiction, illuminates how such writers have inadequately challenged the patriarchal elements of the genre. Martín delivers a call for male writers that is informed by the current global political landscape: imagine better, anti-fascist worlds and use the tools of science fiction to resist authoritarianism.’ - Michael Pitts, author of Alternative Masculinities in Feminist Speculative Fiction: A New Man