Science Fiction and Futurism

Science Fiction and Futurism
Author :
Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 235
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780786498567
ISBN-13 : 0786498560
Rating : 4/5 (560 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Science Fiction and Futurism by : Ace G. Pilkington

Download or read book Science Fiction and Futurism written by Ace G. Pilkington and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science and science fiction have become inseparable--with common stories, interconnected thought experiments, and shared language. This reference book lays out that relationship and its all-but-magical terms and ideas. Those who think seriously about the future are changing the world, reshaping how we speak and how we think. This book fully covers the terms that collected, clarified and crystallized the futurists' ideas, sometimes showing them off, sometimes slowing them down, and sometimes propelling them to fame and making them the common currency of our culture. The many entries in this encyclopedic work offer a guided tour of the vast territories occupied by science fiction and futurism. In his Foreword, David Brin says, "Provocative and enticing? Filled with 'huh!' moments and leads to great stories? That describes this volume."


Science Fiction and Futurism Related Books

Science Fiction and Futurism
Language: en
Pages: 235
Authors: Ace G. Pilkington
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-14 - Publisher: McFarland

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Science and science fiction have become inseparable--with common stories, interconnected thought experiments, and shared language. This reference book lays out
Contemporary Futurist Thought
Language: en
Pages: 476
Authors: Thomas Lombardo
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-06-23 - Publisher: AuthorHouse

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Contemporary Futurist Thought describes recent thinking about the future, dealing with both the hopes and the fears expressed in modern times concerning what po
Origins of Futuristic Fiction
Language: en
Pages: 358
Authors: Paul K. Alkon
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-08-01 - Publisher: University of Georgia Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

For nearly two thousand years, the future was a realm reserved for prophets, poets, astrologers, and practitioners of deliberative rhetoric. Then in 1659 the Fr
The Black Imagination, Science Fiction and the Speculative
Language: en
Pages: 257
Authors: Sandra Jackson
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-10-18 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book expands the discourse as well as the nature of critical commentary on science fiction, speculative fiction and futurism – literary and cinematic by
Afrofuturism
Language: en
Pages: 226
Authors: Ytasha L. Womack
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-10-01 - Publisher: Chicago Review Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

2014 Locus Awards Finalist, Nonfiction Category In this hip, accessible primer to the music, literature, and art of Afrofuturism, author Ytasha Womack introduce