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Vint, Sherryl

Science fiction - London Bloomsbury 2014 - 210p - Guides for the perplexed .

"Drawing on examples from literature, film and TV, this book helps students grapple with and master the often perplexing question, 'what is science fiction?'"--
The world today seems to be slipping into a science fiction future. We have phones that speak to us, cars that drive themselves, and connected devices that communicate with each other in languages we don't understand. Depending the news of the day, we inhabit either a technological utopia or Brave New World nightmare. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge surveys the uses of science fiction. It focuses on what is at the core of all definitions of science fiction: a vision of the world made otherwise and what possibilities might flow from such otherness.

ISBN: 9781441194602

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Science fiction
Science fiction, English
Science fiction, American
Science fiction films
LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy.
PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General.

Dewey Class. No.: 809.38762071 / VIN/S