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The Rise of the Science Fiction Pulps
Lecture no. 6 from the course: How Great Science Fiction Works
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Taught by Professor Gary K. Wolfe | 32 min | Categories: Literature & Language
Science fiction battled a long-standing bad reputation, born out of the “pulp era” in history. Survey the rise of pulp science fiction through serials, magazines, and short stories at the turn of the 20th century and through the 1950s. You'll gain an appreciation of the obstacles the genre had to overcome through this period in history as Professor Wolfe highlights key authors who contributed to-a...
24 Lectures
1
Mary Shelley and the Birth of Science Fiction
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of 31 min
2
Science Fiction in the 19th Century
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of 31 min
3
Science Fiction Treatments of History
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of 34 min
4
Evolution and Deep Time in Science Fiction
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of 34 min
5
Utopian Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares
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of 32 min
6
The Rise of the Science Fiction Pulps
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of 32 min
7
The Golden Age of Science Fiction Stories
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of 33 min
8
The Spaceship As a Science Fiction Icon
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of 32 min
9
The Robot: From Capek to Asimov
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of 32 min
10
The Golden Age of the Science Fiction Novel
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of 31 min
11
From Mars to Arrakis: The Planet
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of 33 min
12
The Science Fiction Wasteland
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of 31 min
13
Invasions, Space Wars, and Xenocide
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of 31 min
14
Religion in Science Fiction
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of 33 min
15
Science Fiction's New Wave
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of 30 min
16
Encounters with the Alien Other
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of 30 min
17
Environmentalism in Science Fiction
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of 33 min
18
Gender Questions and Feminist Science Fiction
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of 31 min
19
Cyberpunk and the 1980s
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of 32 min
20
The 1990s: The New Space Opera
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of 29 min
21
The Artifact as a Science Fiction Icon
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of 29 min
22
Science Fiction's Urban Landscapes
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of 28 min
23
Science Fiction in the 21st Century
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of 30 min
24
The Future of Science Fiction
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of 31 min
