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Rob Latham

ロブ・ラサム

Robu Rasamu

Profile

Gender
Male
Nationality
United States
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
Professor of English, Science fiction critic
Active Years
1995-2024
Affiliations
University of Iowa, University of California, Riverside, Science Fiction Studies, Los Angeles Review of Books
Memberships
SF Research Association

Education

Stanford University
Modern Thought
Degree: Ph.D.
Year of Graduation: 1995
Country: United States
Based on Ph.D. thesis 'Consuming Youth: Technologies of Desire and American Youth Culture'

Awards

Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service
2013
Organization: SF Research Association
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Consuming Youth: Vampires, Cyborgs, and the Culture of Consumption

2002 Literary criticism

Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction

2010 Anthology

Co-editor of science fiction anthology.

The Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction

2014 Handbook

Editor of comprehensive SF handbook.

Science Fiction Criticism: An Anthology of Essential Writings

2017 Criticism anthology

Editor of anthology of essential SF criticism writings.

Bibliography

  • Consuming Youth: Vampires, Cyborgs, and the Culture of Consumption (2002)
  • Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010, co-editor)
  • The Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction (2014, editor)
  • Science Fiction Criticism: An Anthology of Essential Writings (2017, editor)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
scholarlyanalyticalcritical
Recurring Motifs
youth cultureconsumerismvampirescyborgs

Legacy

Prominent scholar in science fiction criticism, senior editor of Science Fiction Studies, recipient of the Thomas D. Clareson Award from the SFRA. Published books with University of Chicago Press and others, contributing significantly to SF studies.

Academic Societies

  • Science Fiction Research Association

Trivia

  • Former professor of English at the University of California, Riverside.