{"product_id":"9781846318344","title":"Solar Flares: Science Fiction in the 1970s","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSolar Flares\u003c\/i\u003e examines the ways in which science fiction confronted a new epoch and its own history, including the rise of fantasy, the sci-fi blockbuster, children’s sci-fi, pseudoscience, and postmodernism. It explores significant figures such as Joanna Russ, Samuel R. Delaney, and Octavia Butler. From Larry Niven’s \u003ci\u003eRingworld \u003c\/i\u003eto Thomas M. Disch’s \u003ci\u003eOn Wings of Song\u003c\/i\u003e, from \u003ci\u003eThe Andromeda Strain\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eFlash Gordon\u003c\/i\u003e, this book reclaims seventies science fiction writing, film, and television—alongside music and architecture—as a crucial period in the history of science fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew M. Butler\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior lecturer in media and cultural studies at Canterbury Christ Church University. He is a co-editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eExtrapolation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050186031344,"sku":"9781846318344","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781846318344_p0.jpg?v=1763746091","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781846318344","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}