TY  - CHAP
SP  - 303
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003097761
TI  - Outer Space
N1  - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
SN  - 0367564335
ID  - discovery10196287
AV  - restricted
T2  - The Routledge Handbook of Literary Geographies
EP  - 312
N2  - This chapter explores literary geographies of outer space in Anglophone science fiction (sf). It draws on two key ideas: Fredric Jameson?s argument that sf is a ?spatial genre,? characterised by a ?dialectic of inside and outside,? and Mikhail Bakhtin?s chronotopes (time-space representational conventions). Reading these ideas together, the chapter explores two common representations of outer space. The first focuses on the emptiness of space, which can be estranging, lethal, sublime, or transformative, but which can also be thought of as examples of Bakhtin?s chronotope of ?adventure time.? The second follows recent human geographical work that sees space as topological, emphasising ?gates,? ?wormholes,? and other points of connection in empty space, which can be read as spatialised ?points of crisis? with potentially transformative consequences. The chapter discusses a number of examples drawn from the fictions of E.E. Smith, Ann Leckie, Iain M. Banks, and Frederik Pohl, amongst others.
CY  - Abingdon, UK
A1  - Kneale, James
PB  - Routledge
Y1  - 2024///
ER  -