Not losing the plot: Ken MacLeod and Iain M. Banks.
Book chapter
Brown, J. 2003. Not losing the plot: Ken MacLeod and Iain M. Banks. in: Mendlesohn, F. and Butler, A. (ed.) The True Knowledge of Ken MacLeod Reading The Science Fiction Foundation.. pp. 55-75
| Chapter title | Not losing the plot: Ken MacLeod and Iain M. Banks. |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brown, J. |
| Abstract | This essay appears in the first book to be devoted to the work of Ken MacLeod. It compares the science fiction of MacLeod and Iain M. Banks, who are both deemed to write political novels, yet produce very different results, to judge by Banks's Culture novels and MacLeod's Fall Revolution Quartet. The essay establishes the terms of its comparison by examining the theories of Hobbes and Arendt regarding the possibility of political action - a possibility more evident in MacLeod than in Banks. MacLeod's novels are shown to test the possibilities of action and political agency. |
| Research Group | English Language and Literature |
| Page range | 55-75 |
| Book title | The True Knowledge of Ken MacLeod |
| Editors | Mendlesohn, F. and Butler, A. |
| Publisher | The Science Fiction Foundation. |
| Place of publication | Reading |
| ISBN | |
| Hardcover | 0-903007-02-9 |
| Publication dates | |
| Nov 2003 | |
| Publication process dates | |
| Deposited | 10 Nov 2008 |
| Output status | Published |
| Language | English |
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