{"product_id":"the-sound-of-things-to-come-an-audible-history-of-the-science-fiction-film-hardback-9780816683123","title":"The Sound of Things to Come; An Audible History of the Science Fiction Film (Hardback) 9780816683123","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Sound of Things to Come\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Audible History of the Science Fiction Film\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTrace Reddell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780816683123\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 October 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e448 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 5.1 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Things to Come\u003c\/i\u003e is a lively, endlessly inventive exploration of the sonic worlds of science fiction cinema (beginning even before the advent of synchronized sound). The breadth and subtlety of Trace Reddell’s interdisciplinary scholarship is impressive, and his book is an ongoing homage to the valuable conceptual and cognitive challenges upon which effective science fiction depends.\"-Scott Bukatman, Stanford University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Building on the highly original concept of the sonic novum, Trace Reddell has written the first comprehensive theoretical approach to musical science fiction. \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Things to Come\u003c\/i\u003e is an alternative history of science fiction cinema, a handbook of sophisticated close analyses of many important films, and a re-envisioning of the role of sound technology in modernist aesthetics.\"-Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Beauties of Science Fiction Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Trace Reddell’s The Sound of Things To Come provides a highly detailed and expansive analysis of the history of intersecting aesthetic practices and disciplines that create the diverse sonic space of sf cinema.\"-\u003ci\u003eScience Fiction Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This book is a methodological investigation of tools and composition techniques used in Science Fiction films’ soundtracks.\"-\u003ci\u003eNeural\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A challenging text deserving careful reading and study as one of the best works in this field.\"-\u003ci\u003eFilm International\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Things to Come \u003c\/i\u003eis a timely-and welcome-study of the aural aesthetics of sf cinema, a subject that has barely been broached in the critical literature.\"-\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Fantastic in the Arts \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The Sound of Things to Come is an excellent start to the conversation about sound in sf cinema, and it should encourage other scholars to continue the conversation.\"-\u003ci\u003eExtrapolation \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\" Reddell’s insightful monograph sparks an exciting  interdisciplinary conversation whose “shape-to-come” begins to emerge here and now.\"-\u003ci\u003eStudies in the Fantastic \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking approach to sound in sci-fi films offers new ways of construing both sonic innovation and science fiction cinema\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncluding original readings of classics like \u003ci\u003eThe Day the Earth Stood Still\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e2001: A Space Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Things to Come\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a comprehensive history of sound in science fiction cinema. Approaching movies as sound objects that combine cinematic apparatus and consciousness, Trace Reddell presents a new theory of sonic innovation in the science fiction film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReddell assembles a staggering array of movies from sixty years of film history-including classics, blockbusters, B-movies, and documentaries from the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and the Soviet Union-all in service to his powerful conception of sound making as a speculative activity in its own right. Reddell recasts debates about noise and music, while arguing that sound in the science fiction film provides a medium for alien, unknown, and posthuman sound objects that transform what and how we hear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvoiding genre criticism’s tendency to obsess over utopias, \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Things to Come\u003c\/i\u003e draws on film theory, sound studies, and philosophies of technology to advance conversations about the avant-garde, while also opening up opportunities to examine cinematic sounds beyond the screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: New Sounds in Science Fiction\u003cbr\u003e1. The Origins of Sonic Science Fiction (1924–50)\u003cbr\u003e2. Ambient Novum, Alien Novum (1950–68)\u003cbr\u003e3. Cosmos Philosophy and Thought Synthesizers (1959–1968)\u003cbr\u003e4. Sonic Alienation and the Psytech at War (1971–77)\u003cbr\u003e5. Sonorous Object-Oriented Ontologies (1979–89)\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Sonic Science Fiction into the Twenty-First Century\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52570080051480,"sku":"9780816683123","price":72.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-sound-of-things-to-come-an-audible-history-of-the-science-fiction-film-hardback-9780816683123","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}