{"product_id":"in-other-worlds-sf-and-the-human-imagination-sep-25-2012-atwood-margaret","title":"In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination [Sep 25, 2012] Atwood, Margaret","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of The Handmaids Tale and Alias Grace* Rabbit superheroes. A theory of masks and capes. Victorian otherlands.From her 1940s childhood to her time at Harvard, Margaret Atwood has always been fascinated with SF. In 2010, she delivered a lecture series at Emory University called In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination. This book is the result of those lectures. It includes essays on Ursula Le Guin and H G Wells, her interesting distinction between science fiction proper and speculative fiction, and the letter which she wrote to the school which tried to ban The Handmaids Tale. *Spooky . . . wild - Telegraph Elegant and witty - GuardianEminently readable and accessible . . . The lectures are insightful and cogently argued with a neat comic turn of phrase . . . Her enthusiasm and level of intellectual engagement are second to none - Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Virago","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45870631878854,"sku":"DADAX1844087557","price":8.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/81KG1R1WYrL.jpg?v=1779457480","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/in-other-worlds-sf-and-the-human-imagination-sep-25-2012-atwood-margaret","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}