{"product_id":"in-other-worlds-sf-and-the-human-imagination-9780307741769","title":"In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA marvelous collection of wide-ranging essays from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Testaments, \u003c\/i\u003e exploring her lifelong relationship to science fiction--as a reader and as a writer\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt a time when the borders between genres are increasingly porous, she maps the fertile crosscurrents of speculative and science fiction, utopias, dystopias, slipstream, and fantasy, musing on the age-old human impulse to imagine new worlds. She shares the evolution of her personal fascination with SF, from her childhood invention of a race of flying superhero rabbits to her graduate study of its Victorian antecedents to the creation of her own acclaimed novels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStudded with appreciations of such influential writers as Marge Piercy, Ursula K. LeGuin, Kazuo Ishiguro, H. Rider Haggard, Aldous Huxley, H. G. Wells, and Jonathan Swift, \u003ci\u003eIn Other Worlds \u003c\/i\u003eis as humorous and charming as it is insightful and provocative. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret Atwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/21\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.97h x 5.20w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307741769","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710570107017,"sku":"9780307741769","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_3d631d90-fa36-4b98-be13-2e111650efc1.jpg?v=1719538775","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/in-other-worlds-sf-and-the-human-imagination-9780307741769","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}