{"product_id":"9783031188756","title":"BioWare's Mass Effect (Palgrave Science Fiction and Fantasy: A New Canon) (1st ed. 2023. 2022. v, 96 S. V, 96 p. 5 illus. 210 mm)","description":"The videogame series \u003ci\u003eMass Effect\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable rarity not only for being an original science-fictional franchise of recent vintage that has risen to such prominent commercial and critical success in popular culture but also for pushing the canonical boundaries of how science fiction as a genre will be experienced and understood in the future. This book analyzes the significance of the game for an understanding of the evolving SF genre and articulates an explanatory framework to limn its landmark reception in videogame history. This book both synthesizes the burgeoning body of scholarship on \u003ci\u003eMass Effect\u003c\/i\u003e for a readership unfamiliar with either the game or the critical conversation on its salient importance, while simultaneously, for readers already invested in the science-fiction and videogame scholarship, mounting an extended inquiry as to why \u003ci\u003eMass Effect\u003c\/i\u003e has served as such a representative milestone in videogame and genre history. The book should appeal to veteran science-fiction and videogame scholars and students as well as a wide variety of fans, consumers, gamers, and general readers.\n\n 1. Introduction.-  2. \"I Don't Know What to Do with Grey\": Ludic Gameplay and Narrative Agency.-  3. \"There is No War, There is Only Harvest\": Diplomatic Realpolitik and Combat Gameplay in \u003ci\u003eMass Effect\u003c\/i\u003e.-  4. Embracing Eternity: FemShep, Queer Romance, and Diversity.-  5. \"Science Fun Today\": \u003ci\u003eMass Effect\u003c\/i\u003e and Rethinking SF's Pedagogical Approach to Exoplanetary and Astrobiological Science.-  6. Conclusion. \u003cp\u003eJerome Winter, PhD, is a full-time lecturer at the University of California, Riverside, USA. His first book, \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction, New Space Opera, and Neoliberal Globalism\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2016. His second book, \u003ci\u003eCitizen Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2021. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SPRINGER, BERLIN; SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING;","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48841453240555,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":82.38,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9783031188756-1.jpg?v=1781717339","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9783031188756","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}