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Author:   Gloria McMillan ,  Donald E. Palumbo ,  C.W. Sullivan III
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Volume:   41
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780786475766

ISBN 10:   0786475765
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   11 October 2013
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword (Peter Smith) Preface (Gloria McMillan) Introduction: Landing on Bradbury’s Western Mars (Gloria McMillan) Part One: Biographical Lens Miracles of Rare Device: Bradbury and the American Southwest (Jonathan R. Eller) The Sorcerer’s Apprentices: How the Lives of Three Regional “Weird Fiction” Writers Became Creatively Entangled (Wolf Forrest) Part Two: Anthropological Lens Prescient Border Crossing: “I See You Never” and the Undocumented Mexicans Americans Prefer Not to See (Marleen S. Barr) Bradbury’s Survivance Stories (Grace L. Dillon) A “Night Meeting” in the Southwest: Hospitality in Martian Chronicles (Adam Lawrence) Illustrating Otherness: Crossing Frontiers in The Illustrated Man (Francisco Laguna-Correa) Part Three: Literary Lens Loss in the Language of Tomorrow: Journeying Through Tucson on the Way to “Usher II” (Aaron Barlow) Bradbury’s Mars: Pathway to Reinvention and Redemption (Kimberly Fain) The Desert Is Earth and Mars: An Ecocritical, Bachelardian Exploration of “And the Moon Be Still as Bright” and It Came from Outer Space (Christopher Cokinos) Part Four: Scientific Lens Why Does Mars Beckon Us? (Espinoza) The Exploration of Mars: An Unintentional Invasion? (David M. Acklam) A Martian Chronicle (Charles L. Dugan, Jr.) The Naming of Names (Christopher P. McKay and Carol Stoker) Part Five: Media Lens De-Alienating the Alien: The Limits of Empathy in NBC’s The Martian Chronicles Miniseries (Paul Cote) The Illustrated Man Illustrates Our Future (Howard Allen) Silver Locusts on the Silver Screen: Bradbury’s Western Mars Confronts 1960s British Art-Cinema (Martin R. Hall) Part Six: Educational Lens Teaching Martians in Tucson (Gloria McMillan) About the Contributors

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“a fresh, wide-ranging investigation...interdisciplinary approach is brilliant...a most worthy addition to the library of any reader or institution...engaging and interesting. McMillan has collected a refreshing wide variety of essays addressing previously unexplored topics of Bradbury, place, race, and even the actual Mars itself from disparate and enlightening perspectives”—SFRA Review; “McMillan has curated what are important contributions in Bradbury studies, partially filling a gap while crafting a cross-disciplinary love letter to Bradbury's memory”—Journal of American Culture; “a distinguished cast of scholars contributes to this powerful and intricately knit exploration...a valuable academic resource...each essay is packed with astute analysis and extensive research...the book provides a lasting contribution to Bradburry studies”—Science Fiction Studies; “a fine addition to the literature of Bradbury analysis, this book will appeal to scientists and non-scientists alike, and all those who have a fascination with Mars”—Sun News Miami.

a fresh, wide-ranging investigation...interdisciplinary approach is brilliant...a most worthy addition to the library of any reader or institution...engaging and interesting. McMillan has collected a refreshing wide variety of essays addressing previously unexplored topics of Bradbury, place, race, and even the actual Mars itself from disparate and enlightening perspectives --<i>SFRA Review</i>; McMillan has curated what are important contributions in Bradbury studies, partially filling a gap while crafting a cross-disciplinary love letter to Bradbury's memory --<i>Journal of American Culture</i>; a distinguished cast of scholars contributes to this powerful and intricately knit exploration...a valuable academic resource...each essay is packed with astute analysis and extensive research...the book provides a lasting contribution to Bradburry studies --<i>Science Fiction Studies</i>; a fine addition to the literature of Bradbury analysis, this book will appeal to scientists and non-scientists alike, and all those who have a fascination with Mars --<i>Sun News Miami</i>.

Author Information

Gloria McMillan is a research associate at the University of Arizona and teaches English and literature at Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona. She lives in Tucson.

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