Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams: Japanese Science Fiction from Origins to Anime
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams: Japanese Science Fiction from Origins to Anime
By (Author) Christopher Bolton
Edited by Istvan Csicsery-Ronay
Edited by Takayuki Tatsumi
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
1st January 2008
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Animated films and animation
895.630876209
Physical Properties
Paperback
288
Width 178mm, Height 254mm, Spine 23mm
Description
Since the end of the Second World Warand particularly over the past decadeJapanese science fiction has strongly influenced global popular culture. Unlike American and British science fiction, its most popular examples have been visual, while little attention has been paid to a vibrant tradition of prose science fiction in Japan. Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams remedies this neglect with a rich exploration of the genre that connects prose science fiction to contemporary anime.
