[Commlist] Beyond the Sea: New book

We would like to announce a new publication from McGill-Queen's 
University Press, which we hope will be of interest.

*Beyond the Sea***

Navigating Bioshock

*Edited by Felan Parker & Jessica Aldred***

*_http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/beyond-the-sea_**__*


"/Beyond the Sea/ presents a diversity of scholars doing interesting 
work in an emerging field. A compelling introduction by Parker and 
Aldred makes a clear case for the relevance of the Bioshock series in 
game studies."--Carly Kocurek, Illinois Institute of Technology

The Bioshock series looms large in the industry and culture of video 
games for its ambitious incorporation of high-minded philosophical 
questions and retro-futuristic aesthetics into the ultraviolent 
first-person shooter genre. /Beyond the Sea/ marks ten years since the 
release of the original game with an interdisciplinary collection of 
essays on Bioshock, Bioshock 2, and Bioshock Infinite.  Simultaneously 
lauded as landmarks in the artistic growth of the medium and criticized 
for their compromised vision and politics, the Bioshock games have been 
the subject of significant scholarly and critical discussion. Moving 
past well-trodden debates, /Beyond the Sea/ broadens the conversation by 
putting video games in dialogue with a diverse range of other 
disciplines and cultural forms, from parenting psychology to 
post-humanism, from Thomas Pynchon to German expressionist 
cinema.   Offering bold new perspectives on a canonical series, /Beyond 
the Sea/ is a timely contribution to our understanding of the 
aesthetics, the industry, and the culture of video games.

Contributors include Daniel Ante-Contreras (Miracosta), Luke Arnott 
(Western Ontario), Betsy Brey (Waterloo), Patrick Brown (Iowa), Michael 
Fuchs (Graz), Jamie Henthorn (Catawba), Brendan Keogh (Queensland), 
Cameron Kunzelman (Georgia), Cody Mejeur (Michigan State), Matthew 
Thomas Payne (Notre Dame), Gareth Schott (Waikato), Karen Schrier 
(Marist), Sarah Stang (York/Ryerson), Sarah Thorne (Carleton), John 
Vanderhoef (California State, Dominguez Hills), Matthew Wysocki 
(Flagler), Jordan R. Youngblood (Eastern Connecticut State), and Sarah 
Zaidan (Emerson).

*Felan Parker* is assistant professor of media studies at St Michael’s 
College, University of Toronto.

*Jessica Aldred *is an independent scholar, writer, and producer based 
in Calgary, Alberta.

With all best wishes,

Combined Academic Publishers

*McGill-Queen's University Press** | November 2018 | 464pp 
| 9780773554986 | PB | £23.99**

*Price subject to change.



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