Semiotics in Fantasy and Science Fiction
Explore the role of semiotics in fantasy and science fiction with this curated list of books. Discover how signs, symbols, and meaning shape iconic worlds and narratives in speculative fiction.
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The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
In 1327, finding his sensitive mission at an Italian abbey further complicated by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William of Baskerville turns detective.
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The Return of the King
by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
A chronicle of the great War of the Ring between the hobbits and the Enemy who made the One Ring.
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Nineteen Eighty-four
by George Orwell
Eternal warfare is the price of bleak prosperity in this satire of totalitarian barbarism.
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A Wizard of Earthsea
by Ursula K. Le Guin
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to a Master Wizard.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Charles Baskerville's sudden heart attack and death have the townspeople in shock and searching for the one to blame--the family dog--while Sherlock Holmes leads …
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Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language
by Umberto Eco
"Eco wittily and enchantingly develops themes often touched on in his previous works, but he delves deeper into their complex nature . . . this …
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Man and His Symbols
by Carl G. Jung
Man and His Symbols owes its existence to one of Jung's own dreams. The great psychologist dreamed that his work was understood by a wide …
