Editing New Wave (science fiction) (section)

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The New Wave interacted with a number of themes during the 1960s and 1970s, including [[Human sexuality|sexuality]];<ref>{{Citation|last=Latham|first=Rob|editor3-first=Joan|editor3-last=Gordon|editor2-first=Veronica|editor2-last=Hollinger|editor1-first=Wendy Gay|editor1-last=Pearson|title=Sextrapolation in New Wave Science Fiction|work=Queer Universes|year=2011|pages=52–71|place=Liverpool|publisher=Liverpool University Press|doi=10.5949/upo9781846313882.004|isbn=978-1-84631-388-2}}</ref> [[drug culture]], especially the work of [[William S. Burroughs]] and the use of [[psychedelic drug]]s;<ref name=":5" /> and the popularity of environmentalism.<ref name=":42">{{Cite journal|last=Latham|first=Rob|year=2007|title=Biotic Invasions: Ecological Imperialism in New Wave Science Fiction|journal=The Yearbook of English Studies|volume=37|issue=2|pages=103–119|doi=10.2307/20479304|jstor=20479304|issn=0306-2473|doi-access=free}}</ref> J. G. Ballard's themes included [[Social alienation|alienation]], [[social isolation]], [[class discrimination]], and [[Global catastrophic risk|the end of civilization]], in settings ranging from a single apartment block (''[[High-Rise (novel)|High Rise]]'') to entire worlds.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Tuna Ultav|first1=Zeynep|last2=Sever|first2=Müge|date=March 14, 2020|title=Interdisciplinary Nature of Architectural Discourse within the Triangle of Architecture, Sociology and Literary Fiction|journal=Space and Culture|volume=26 |pages=57–73|doi=10.1177/1206331220905260|s2cid=216192486|issn=1206-3312}}</ref><ref name=":32">{{Cite book|last=Roberts, Adam (Adam Charles)|title=The history of science fiction|date=2006|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0-333-97022-5|location=Basingstoke [England]|oclc=61756719}}</ref> [[Rob Latham]] noted that several of J. G. Ballard's works of the 1960s (e.g., the quartet begun by ''[[The Wind from Nowhere]]'' [1960]), engaged with the concept of eco-catastrophe, as did Disch's ''[[The Genocides]]'' and Ursula K. Le Guin's short novel ''[[The Word for World Is Forest]]''. The latter, with its description of the use of napalm on indigenous people, was also influenced by Le Guin's perceptions of the [[Vietnam War]], and both emphasized anti-technocratic fatalism instead of imperial hegemony via technology, with the New Wave later interacting with feminism, ecological activism and postcolonial rhetoric.<ref name=":42" />{{clarify|date=March 2022}} 

One characteristic of New Wave authors was a fascination with [[entropy]], i.e. with the idea that the world and the universe tend to disorder and must eventually end in "[[Heat death of the universe|heat death]]".<ref name=":5" /> The New Wave also engaged with [[utopia]], a common theme of science fiction, offering more nuanced interpretations.<ref name=":5" /><sup>:74–80</sup>