Science fiction is seen as a realm of thought-experiment in which the trope of Empire has become an archetype, and this work considers how ideas of empire and colonialism have formed the different science fictions of the late 19th century, post-war Britain, Cold War America and …
This book is about the human desire to experiment with empire. In the past it was done with real soldiers and expeditions and slaves and trade and misery and force. In the future it will be done with generation ships and off-world pioneers, robots and invasion, electronic sheep …
This book explores experiments in the practice of power and empire in SF as it connects the imperial project of our past with the potential neo-empires of our future. Is SF designed to purge our dark imperialistic fantasies, or is it a laboratory of mind-experiments: carefully c…
This book is about the human desire to experiment with empire. In the past it was done with real soldiers and expeditions and slaves and trade and misery and force. In the future it will be done with generation ships and off-world pioneers, robots and invasion, electronic sheep …
Science Fiction and Empire offers an insight into the darkest power abuses of humankind, where the oppression, silencing and marginalisation of those who are not-us continues and flourishes. Who are the monsters of our future - the Others invading from another planet, or the uns…
This work shows an impressive range of reading and a willingness to grapple with concepts of imperialism and post-colonialism.