The satanic in science fiction and fantasy
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Dalton, A. Barbini, F. (ed.) 2020. The satanic in science fiction and fantasy. Edinburgh Luna Press Publishing.
Title | The satanic in science fiction and fantasy |
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Authors | Dalton, A. |
Editors | Barbini, F. |
Abstract | As long as literature has existed, so has the motif of the ‘Dark Lord’. However, it was not until the emergence of science fiction and fantasy (SFF) as distinct literary genres that the Dark Lord truly became enshrined in popular works. From Bram Stoker’s Dracula, to Tolkien’s Sauron, to Donaldson’s Lord Foul, to Lucas’s Darth Vader, the Dark Lord was ever present in SFF. Sometimes he was a mad god, an evil emperor, or even an evil corporation, but always there was that malign intelligence seeking to thwart the goody-goody Chosen One, particularly in the works of the 1980s and 90s. He had servants in the form of demon armies, alien invaders or intelligent machines, seeking to drag the unwary into the underworld, to conquer us or to make humanity entirely extinct. |
Research Group | English Language and Literature |
ISBN | |
Paperback | 9781913387044 |
Electronic | 9781913387051 |
Publisher | Luna Press Publishing |
Place of publication | Edinburgh |
Publication dates | |
07 Apr 2020 | |
Online | 07 Apr 2020 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 12 Nov 2019 |
Accepted | 31 Oct 2019 |
Output status | Published |
Web address (URL) | https://www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page/the-satanic-in-science-fiction-and-fantasy |
Language | English |
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