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Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future: Essays on Foresight and Fallacy
| Author: | Amy Kit-sze Chan Gary Westfahl Wong Kin Yuen |
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McFarland & Company, 2011 |
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| Book Type: | Non-Fiction |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
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.
Contents:
- 1 - Of Futures Imagined, and Futures Inhabited - essay by Gary Westfahl
- 9 - Pitfalls of Prophecy: Why Science Fiction So Often Fails to Predict the Future - essay by Gary Westfahl
- 104 - Rebooting "A Logic Named Joe": Exploring the Multiple Influences of a Strangely Predictive Mid-1940s Short Story - essay by David L. Ferro and Eric G. Swedin
- 220 - Thinking About the Smart Wireless World - essay by Gregory Benford
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