{"product_id":"science-fiction-and-futurism-their-terms-and-ideas-58-critical-explorations-in-science-fiction-and-fantasy-9780786498567","title":"Science Fiction and Futurism Their Terms and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePilkington's \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction and Futurism\u003c\/i\u003e is evidently a labor of love, and one that offers readers various avenues into the relationships among sf futurist thinking, and technological and scientific innovations...it firmly deserves a place in sf scholarship for its sheer verve, breadth of reference, and love of what sf does.\" —\u003ci\u003eScience Fiction Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Pilkington's book shines both by being readable and being comprehensive. It is a must-have for all scholars and students of the field.\" —Matthew Wilhelm Kapell, author of \u003ci\u003eStar Trek as Myth: Essays on Symbol and Archetype at the Final Frontier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Not simply an encyclopedia of terminology, but a primer for all degrees of specialty in science fiction, brimming with references that bring together two centuries of classic and popular literature, plus movies and television.\" —Brian Taves, author of \u003ci\u003eHollywood Presents Jules Verne: The Father of Science Fiction on Screen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword by David Brin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKey and Abbreviations  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart One: The Terms of Science and Its Fictions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlter Ego \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnachronism \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtificial Intelligence \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAsimov’s Three Laws of Robotics \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAtomics \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBad Code \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBEM (Bug-Eyed Monster) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBig Dumb Objects \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBobble \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronotransference \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClarke’s Laws \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorpsicle \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCosmogony of the Future \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCryonics \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCyberspace \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeath Ray \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep Blue \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoomsday Machine \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFermis \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst Contact \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrankenstein Complex \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGas Giant \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGoldilocks Planet \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“He’s dead, Jim.” \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternet of Things \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIon Drive \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJuno Spacecraft \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKludge \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMacGyver \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetalaw \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMultiplex Parenting \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMutant \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNanotechnology \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeural Lace \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePellegrino, Powell and \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAsimov’s Three Laws of Alien Behavior \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePositronic Brain \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRailgun \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRealtime \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobot \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobotics \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSETI \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolar Sail \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolo Parenting \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStepford Wives \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeleportation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTime Bunny \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTime Machine \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTimequake \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTimeskip \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTimeslip \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUncanny Valley \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUplift \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUterine Replicator \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUtility Fog \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWolfling \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Two: Genre Terms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlternate (or Alternative) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistory \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArchetype \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCassandras \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFantasy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFaust \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFictions of Nuclear Disaster \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFixup \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHard SF \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLost Colony \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLost World Story \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMonomyth \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProto–Science Fiction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRim World \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRuritania \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScience Fantasy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScience Fiction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScientific Romance \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSci-Fi \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeparable Soul \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpeculative Fiction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpeculative History \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpeculative Nonfiction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTechnothriller \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default 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