Brave New Words
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ISBN13: 9780195387063
Paperback|9780195387063
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From Ray Bradbury to Neil Gaiman, from "Blade Runner" to "Battle Star Galactica", science fiction has emerged from the margins of popular culture to claim a significant presence across media in print, film, and television. It has shaped our vision of the future and the way we talk about it.Brave New Words, the first historical dictionary devoted to science fiction, has been described by the Library Journal as "an admirable and unique source that demonstrates on nearly every page the surprising extent to which the language of science fiction has entered everyday English terms." Itshows exactly how science-fictional words and their associated concepts have developed over time, with full citations and bibliographic information. In addition, the book demonstrates how many words we consider everyday vocabulary - words like "spacesuit," "blast off," and "robot" - had their rootsin imaginative literature, and not in hard science.Brave New Words was first published in hardcover in May 2007. On August 9th 2008, the first edition was named recipient of the prestigious Hugo Award (for Best Related Book), given to the best science fiction titles of the previous year.
| ISBN-13 | 9780195387063 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0195387066 |
| Weight | 1.20 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.25 x 1.25 x 9.00 In |
| List Price | $17.95 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 384 pages |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Published On | 2009-03-13 |
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