001389700 000__ 04001nam\a2200601Ii\4500 001389700 001__ 1389700 001389700 003__ NhCcYBP 001389700 005__ 20220318003051.0 001389700 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001389700 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001389700 008__ 210918s2021\\\\enka\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 001389700 020__ $$a9781800081017$$q(electronic book) 001389700 020__ $$a1800081014$$q(electronic book) 001389700 020__ $$a9781800080980$$q(electronic book) 001389700 020__ $$a1800080980$$q(electronic book) 001389700 020__ $$a9781800081024$$q(electronic book) 001389700 020__ $$a1800081022 001389700 020__ $$z1800081006 001389700 020__ $$z9781800081000 001389700 020__ $$z1800080999 001389700 020__ $$z9781800080997 001389700 040__ $$aNhCcYBP$$cNhCcYBP 001389700 050_4 $$aPS169.C57$$bY43 2021 001389700 08204 $$a810.9321732$$223 001389700 1001_ $$aYeates, Robert 001389700 24510 $$aAmerican cities in post-apocalyptic science fiction /$$cRobert Yeates. 001389700 264_1 $$aLondon :$$bUCL Press,$$c2021. 001389700 300__ $$a1 online resource (x, 203 pages) 001389700 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 001389700 336__ $$astill image$$2rdacontent 001389700 337__ $$acomputer$$2rdamedia 001389700 338__ $$aonline resource$$2rdacarrier 001389700 4901_ $$aModern Americas 001389700 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 001389700 5050_ $$aCover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Modern cities and ruin -- A brief history of the end of the world in sf -- The pleasures of urban ruins -- State of the field -- Parameters of study -- Structure of the book -- Notes -- 1 Urban apocalypse in the magazines -- The Scarlet Plague -- Cycles of urbanization and modernization -- The 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire -- The publication of The Scarlet Plague -- Critical responses to The Scarlet Plague 001389700 5058_ $$aThe afterlife of The Scarlet Plague -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 2 Listening to ruins on the radio -- Audio fiction and the imagination -- The roots of radio's golden age sf -- Post-war sf on the airwaves -- The heights of radio sf -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3 Cinema and the aesthetics of destruction -- Urban destruction on film -- Aerial warfare and the imagination of disaster -- Destruction and renewal in The War of the Worlds -- Rebuilding the future in The Time Machine -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4 Urban decay in the transmedia universe of Blade Runner -- Marginalization 001389700 5058_ $$aThe glamour of decay: Los Angeles and New York City -- The policing of sexual identities -- Permeable boundaries -- Illicit relationships -- Deviancy and class -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5 Playing in virtual ruins from Wasteland to Wasteland 2 -- Virtual space and the post-apocalyptic city -- Gameplay motivation and immersion -- Wasteland and 2D worlds -- 2.5D spaces and Fallout -- Choices in virtual worlds -- 3D game spaces -- Ruins in 3D worlds -- Narrative choices in Fallout 3 and 4 -- Wasteland 2 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 Cities and sanctuary in The Walking Dead 001389700 5058_ $$aThe Walking Dead as transmedia fictional world -- 'We are the walking dead' -- Atlanta -- Resurgens -- Unsalvageable cities -- Alexandria -- Gated communities -- Cities and violence -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover 001389700 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users 001389700 533__ $$aElectronic reproduction.$$bIpswich, MA$$nAvailable via World Wide Web. 001389700 588__ $$aDescription based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed December 07, 2021). 001389700 650_0 $$aCities and towns in literature. 001389700 650_0 $$aApocalypse in literature. 001389700 650_0 $$aAmerican literature$$xHistory and criticism. 001389700 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001389700 7102_ $$aEBSCOhost 001389700 77608 $$iPrint version:$$z1800081006$$z9781800081000$$z1800080999$$z9781800080997 001389700 830_0 $$aModern Americas. 001389700 852__ $$bebk 001389700 85640 $$3GOBI DDA$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3035452$$zOnline Access 001389700 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1389700$$pGLOBAL_SET 001389700 980__ $$aBIB 001389700 980__ $$aEBOOK 001389700 982__ $$aEbook 001389700 983__ $$aOnline