TY  - BOOK
AU  - Guéraud-Pinet,Guylaine
AU  -  Lafon,Benoît
TI  - Imag(in)ing space colonization: Conceptions and evolutions of science-fiction novel covers since 1968
PY  - 2024///.
							
N1  - 68
N2  - The space adventure and the conquest of the solar system are key themes in science-fiction literature. Related images often feature on the covers of sci-fi novels. The aim of this article is to show how this specific editorial object has evolved over the last fifty years in a context that combines socio-cultural issues (artistic trends; popular imagination), socio-political issues (scientific advances, representations of colonization activities), and socio-economic issues (attracting readers). Based on a statistical and semiological analysis of 197 book covers published between 1968 and 2022, this article shows that the imagery associated with the conquest of space in science-fiction remains particularly realistic. It strikes a balance between competing horizons of expectation: distant enough to remain in the realm of mere possibility, but close enough for the reader to visualize what’s on the page
UR  - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-societes-representations-2024-1-page-119?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
ER  -