{"product_id":"green-speculations-science-fiction-and-transformative-environmentalism-paperback","title":"Green Speculations: Science Fiction and Transformative Environmentalism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric C. Otto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScience fiction goes green? Eric C. Otto explores literary science fiction's engagement with a central concern of our times: ecological degradation. Situated at the intersection of science fiction studies and environmental philosophy, \u003ci\u003eGreen Speculations: Science Fiction and Transformative Environmentalism\u003c\/i\u003e highlights key works of environmental science fiction that critique various human values for their roles in instigating such degradation.\u003cbr\u003e The books receiving ecocritical treatment in \u003ci\u003eGreen Speculations\u003c\/i\u003e include George R. Stewart's \u003ci\u003eEarth Abides\u003c\/i\u003e (1949), Frank Herbert's \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e (1965), Ursula K. Le Guin's \u003ci\u003eThe Word for World Is Forest\u003c\/i\u003e (1972), Joan Slonczewski's \u003ci\u003eA Door into Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), Kim Stanley Robinson's \u003ci\u003eMars\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy (1993, 1994, 1996), and Paolo Bacigalupi's \u003ci\u003eThe Windup Girl\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). Otto reads these and other important science fiction novels as educative in their representations of environmental issues and the environmental philosophies that have emerged in response to them.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGreen Speculations\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how environmental science fiction can be read not only as reflecting the ideas of environmental philosophies such as deep ecology, ecofeminism, and ecosocialism, but also as instrumental in thinking through the tenets of these philosophies. As such, the book places science fiction at the center of environmentalism and considers the genre to be an essential tool for prompting needed social and cultural transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric C. Otto is assistant professor of environmental humanities at Florida Gulf Coast University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 09, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47571571540189,"sku":"9780814256732","price":52.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/WGtjaTUwQ05PTTVVQXdwNFhKcUk0Zz09.webp?v=1773377600","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/green-speculations-science-fiction-and-transformative-environmentalism-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}