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Speculative Epistemologies: An Eccentric Account of SF from the 1960s to the Present (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies LUP)
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About Speculative Epistemologies: An Eccentric Account Of
Review "A new book by John Rieder is an event, and Speculative Epistemologies delivers. It is, exactly as its title promises, 'eccentric', in the best possible sense - reorienting science fiction studies to unconventional vistas, alternate possibilities, and roads not taken. It's not to be missed." Gerry Canavan, Marquette University Product Description Speculative Epistemologies is about truth effects in sf, which stands for both science fiction and speculative fiction. It examines six narratives, one from each decade from the 1960s to the 2010s, that challenge dominant assumptions about the normal, the possible, and the real. It asks whatthe patterns of overlap and interference generated by texts located in border territories that make their identification as sf problematic, and sometimes controversial, can reveal about the dynamics of sf's multiple subcultures (e.g. professionals, academics, and fans); the complexity of the genre'scommunities of practice and their routes of production, distribution, and reception; and the genre's shifting position within a broadly conceived field of literary and cultural production. The "speculative epistemologies" in these stories are counter-hegemonic ways of knowing, ways of imaginingknowing differently, and the focus of this study is their effect on the formation of identities and communities. Combining the methods of genre theory, reception theory, and the sociology of cultural production, the readings of these six narratives trace a history of sf's increasingly feminist,racially and ethnically diverse, philosophically ambitious, and politically engaged character from the 1960s to the present. About the Author John Rieder is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
