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Locating Science Fiction

2012 Art
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Release : 2012
Genre : Art
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Book Synopsis Locating Science Fiction by : Andrew Milner

Download or read book Locating Science Fiction written by Andrew Milner. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major, groundbreaking intervention into contemporary theoretical debates about SF. It effects a series of vital shifts in SF theory and criticism, away from prescriptively abstract dialectics of cognition and estrangement and towards the empirically grounded understanding of an amalgam of texts, practices and artefacts.

Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future

2014-01-10 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2014-01-10
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future by : Gary Westfahl

Download or read book Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future written by Gary Westfahl. This book was released on 2014-01-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction has always challenged readers with depictions of the future. Can the genre actually provide glimpses of the world of tomorrow? This collection of fifteen international and interdisciplinary essays examines the genre's predictions and breaks new ground by considering the prophetic functions of science fiction films as well as SF literature. Among the texts and topics examined are classic stories by Murray Leinster, C. L. Moore, and Cordwainer Smith; 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequels, Japanese anime and Hong Kong cinema; and electronic fiction.

Science Fiction and Climate Change

2020-03-27 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2020-03-27
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis Science Fiction and Climate Change by : Andrew Milner

Download or read book Science Fiction and Climate Change written by Andrew Milner. This book was released on 2020-03-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a timely, comprehensiveand thoroughly researched study of climate fiction from around the world,including novels, short stories, films and other formats. Informed by a sociologicalperspective, it will be an invaluable resource for students and scholarslooking to enter and expand the field of climate fiction studies.

Science Fiction and The Abolition of Man

2016-12-13 Philosophy
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Release : 2016-12-13
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Science Fiction and The Abolition of Man by : Mark J. Boone

Download or read book Science Fiction and The Abolition of Man written by Mark J. Boone. This book was released on 2016-12-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Abolition of Man, C. S. Lewis's masterpiece in ethics and the philosophy of science, warns of the danger of combining modern moral skepticism with the technological pursuit of human desires. The end result is the final destruction of human nature. From Brave New World to Star Trek, from steampunk to starships, science fiction film has considered from nearly every conceivable angle the same nexus of morality, technology, and humanity of which C. S. Lewis wrote. As a result, science fiction film has unintentionally given us stunning depictions of Lewis's terrifying vision of the future. In Science Fiction Film and the Abolition of Man, scholars of religion, philosophy, literature, and film explore the connections between sci-fi film and the three parts of Lewis's book: how sci-fi portrays "Men without Chests" incapable of responding properly to moral good, how it teaches the Tao or "The Way," and how it portrays "The Abolition of Man."

The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction

2010-07-31 Fiction
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Release : 2010-07-31
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction by : Mike Ashley

Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction written by Mike Ashley. This book was released on 2010-07-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are 25 stories of science fiction that push the envelope, by the biggest names in an emerging new crop of high-tech futuristic SF - including Charles Stross, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Peter Hamilton and Neal Asher. High-tech SF has made a significant comeback in the last decade, as bestselling authors successfully blend the super-science of 'hard science fiction' with real characters in an understandable scenario. It is perhaps a reflection of how technologically controlled our world is that readers increasingly look for science fiction that considers the fates of mankind as a result of increasing scientific domination. This anthology brings together the most extreme examples of the new high-tech, far-future science fiction, pushing the limits way beyond normal boundaries. The stories include: "A Perpetual War Fought Within a Cosmic String", "A Weapon That Could Destroy the Universe", "A Machine That Detects Alternate Worlds and Creates a Choice of Christs", "An Immortal Dead Man Sent To The End of the Universe", "Murder in Virtual Reality", "A Spaceship So Large That There is An Entire Planetary System Within It", and "An Analytical Engine At The End of Time", and "Encountering the Untouchable."

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