New Perspectives on Contemporary German Science Fiction (Hardcover)

Introduction: Science Fiction in German ? An Overview Ingo Cornils / Lars Schmeink (University of Leeds, UK / HafenCity University, Germany).- Going Round in Cycles: Time Travel and Determinism in Dark (2017?) Juliane Blank (University of the Saarland).- White German Agency in Transfer, Die kommenden Tage, Hell Evan Torner (University of Cincinnati, USA).- Popular German Science Fiction Film and European Migration Gabriele Muller (York University, Canada).- Daring Dystopia: Finding the Female Voice in Formal Experiments Klaudia Seibel (University of Giessen, Germany).- 'Last Men' in the Dystopian Novel of Contemporary German Literature Kristina Mateescu (University of Heidelberg, Germany).- Dirk C. Fleck’s Maeva Trilogy Peter Seyferth (Independent Scholar, Munich, Germany).- QualityLand: Marc-Uwe Kling's Social Commentary as "Funny Dystopia" Joscha Kluppel (University of Oregon, United States).- Part III: New Criticism ? Climate Change and Ecology.- Ecocriticism in Contemporary German SF Laura Zinn (University of Giessen, Germany).- Misogyny and climate change in Karen Duve’s Macht.- Clarisa Novello (University of Aberdeen, Scotland).- Apocalyptic Greeneries: Climate, Vegetation and the End of the World in Ransmayr, Kracht and Fritsch Solvejg Nitzke (Technical University of Dresden, Germany).- The Language of Ice in the Anthropocene: The Case of Der Schwarm, Eiszeit In Europa? and Eistau Matteo Gallostampino (University of Bergamo, Italy).- Part IV: New Identities ? Gender, Health, Posthumanism.- From Fiction to Society: Gender-Neutral Pronouns in the Near Future Novel Wasteland A?kın-Hayat Do?an (Independent Scholar, Berlin, Germany).- The Paradoxes of Illness and Health in Juli Zeh’s Corpus Delicti: Ein Prozess Mylene Branco (Universite Luxembourg).- Nach der Langeweile. Boredom, Critical Posthumanism and Critique of Culture Hanna Schumacher (University of Edinburg, Scotland).- Transhumanism Revisited: Dietmar Dath’s Abschaffung der Arten Roland Innerhofer (University of Vienna, Austria).