[Commlist] New book: Science Fiction and Narrative Form

/Science Fiction and Narrative Form/ by David Roberts, Andrew Milner and 
Peter Murphy has just been published by Bloomsbury (London, New York and 
Sydney). The book is inspired by - and is in a sense a sequel to Georg 
Lukács's /The Theory of the Novel/.

Details can be found at: 
https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/science-fiction-and-narrative-form-9781350350748/ 
<https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/science-fiction-and-narrative-form-9781350350748/>. 

ISBN:
HB: 978-1-3503-5074-8
ePDF: 978-1-3503-5075-5
eBook: 978-1-3503-5076-2

vi + 238 pp, 2023.

Locating science fiction as its own distinct and increasingly important 
narrative form, this book explores how the genre challenges pervasive 
perceptions of society as presented in the conventional modern novel. 
Inspired by, and building upon, Georg Lukács's criticism of the orthodox 
novel for its depiction of life as alienating and disjointed, Roberts, 
Milner and Murphy posit that science fiction steps beyond this 
contemporary form to be a more constructive literature, better able to 
conceive of society as complete, integrated and well-rounded. Taking 
stock of three kinds of science fiction which lie outside the scope of 
the modern novel - theological or ontological science fiction, the 
science fiction of future history and epic science fiction – this book 
demonstrates science fiction's unique capacity to encapsulate the whole 
world, persons and events, things and objects in a glance, and address 
the motive behind the wish for a meaningful totality.

With reference to a vast array of works by authors such as Michel 
Houellebecq, Elias Canetti/, /Isaac Asimov, Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, 
Aldous Huxley, Marge Piercy, Iain M. Banks, Margaret Atwood, Ursula K. 
Le Guin, William Gibson, Dirk C. Fleck, Philip K. Dick, George Orwell 
and Kazuo Ishiguro, this book offers a compelling argument for 
rethinking the position and potential of the science fiction novel and 
to challenge the way we perceive our culture.

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