Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Science Fiction
- The Cambridge History of Science Fiction
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- On Not Defining Science Fiction: An Introduction
- Part I Before the New Wave
- Part II The New Wave
- Part III After the New Wave
- 30 The Birth of the Science Fiction Franchise
- 31 Science Fiction and Postmodernism in the 1980s and 1990s
- 32 Cyberpunk and Post-Cyberpunk
- 33 Science Fiction Film and Television in the 1980s and 1990s
- 34 “Strangers to Ourselves”: Gender and Sexuality in Recent Science Fiction
- 35 Contemporary Science Fiction and Afrofuturism
- 36 Science Fiction and the Revenge of Nature: Environmentalism from the 1990s to the 2010s
- 37 Science Fiction and the Return of Empire: Global Capitalism, Tom Cruise, and the War on Terror from the 2000s to the 2010s
- 38 Comic Books from the 1980s to the 2010s
- 39 Video Games and Virtual Lives: Science Fiction Gaming from the 1980s to the 2010s
- 40 Twenty-First Century Chinese Science Fiction on the Rise: Anti-Authoritarianism and Dreams of Freedom
- 41 Ciencia Ficción / Ficção Científica from Latin America
- 42 Science Fiction and the Global South
- 43 Science Fiction Film and Television of the Twenty-First Century
- 44 Dystopian Futures and Utopian Presents in Contemporary Young Adult Science Fiction
- 45 Convergence Culture: Science Fiction Fandom Today
- 46 Theorizing SF: Science Fiction Studies since 2000
- Select Bibliography
- Index
39 - Video Games and Virtual Lives: Science Fiction Gaming from the 1980s to the 2010s
from Part III - After the New Wave
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 December 2018
- The Cambridge History of Science Fiction
- The Cambridge History of Science Fiction
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- On Not Defining Science Fiction: An Introduction
- Part I Before the New Wave
- Part II The New Wave
- Part III After the New Wave
- 30 The Birth of the Science Fiction Franchise
- 31 Science Fiction and Postmodernism in the 1980s and 1990s
- 32 Cyberpunk and Post-Cyberpunk
- 33 Science Fiction Film and Television in the 1980s and 1990s
- 34 “Strangers to Ourselves”: Gender and Sexuality in Recent Science Fiction
- 35 Contemporary Science Fiction and Afrofuturism
- 36 Science Fiction and the Revenge of Nature: Environmentalism from the 1990s to the 2010s
- 37 Science Fiction and the Return of Empire: Global Capitalism, Tom Cruise, and the War on Terror from the 2000s to the 2010s
- 38 Comic Books from the 1980s to the 2010s
- 39 Video Games and Virtual Lives: Science Fiction Gaming from the 1980s to the 2010s
- 40 Twenty-First Century Chinese Science Fiction on the Rise: Anti-Authoritarianism and Dreams of Freedom
- 41 Ciencia Ficción / Ficção Científica from Latin America
- 42 Science Fiction and the Global South
- 43 Science Fiction Film and Television of the Twenty-First Century
- 44 Dystopian Futures and Utopian Presents in Contemporary Young Adult Science Fiction
- 45 Convergence Culture: Science Fiction Fandom Today
- 46 Theorizing SF: Science Fiction Studies since 2000
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
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- The Cambridge History of Science Fiction , pp. 632 - 646Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019