[Commlist] New open access book: American Cities in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction (UCL Press)

UCL Press is delighted to announce the publication of a new open access 
book that may be of interest to list subscribers: American Cities in 
Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction, by Robert Yeates.     Download it 
free: https://bit.ly/2Yrtz5Z 	
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American Cities in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction

By Robert Yeates

Free download: https://bit.ly/2Yrtz5Z

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Visions of the American city in post-apocalyptic ruin permeate literary 
and popular fiction, across print, visual, audio and digital media. 
‘American Cities in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction’ explores the 
prevalence of these representations in American culture, drawing from a 
wide range of primary and critical works from the early-twentieth 
century to today.

Beginning with science fiction in literary magazines, before taking in 
radio dramas, film, video games and expansive transmedia franchises, 
Robert Yeates argues that post-apocalyptic representations of the 
American city are uniquely suited for explorations of contemporary urban 
issues. Examining how the post-apocalyptic American city has been 
repeatedly adapted and repurposed to new and developing media over the 
last century, this book reveals that the content and form of such texts 
work together to create vivid and immersive fictional spaces in ways 
that would otherwise not be possible. Chapters present media-specific 
analyses of these texts, situating them within their historical contexts 
and the broader history of representations of urban ruins in American 
fiction.

Original in its scope and cross-media approach, American Cities in 
Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction both illuminates little-studied texts 
and provides provocative new readings of familiar works such as Blade 
Runner and The Walking Dead, placing them within the larger historical 
context of imaginings of the American city in ruins.

Free download: https://bit.ly/2Yrtz5Z

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