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Science fiction / Sherryl Vint.

By: Vint, Sherryl, 1969- [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: The MIT Press essential knowledge seriesPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]Description: 207 pages ; 18 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780262539999Subject(s): Science fiction -- History and criticism | Science fiction -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 809.38762 VIN LOC classification: PN3433.5 | .V55 2021
Contents:
Introduction: Whose science fiction -- The utopian tradition -- Futurology and speculative design -- The colonial imagination -- Robots, AI and transhumanism -- Genomics, the microbion and posthumanism -- Environment, climate change, and the anthropocene -- Economics and financialization -- Conclusion: Living in a science fictional world
Summary: "An overview of how science fiction has grappled with the ways that science and technology shape and change human lives, emphasizing the challenges of the 21st century"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-192) and index.

Introduction: Whose science fiction -- The utopian tradition -- Futurology and speculative design -- The colonial imagination -- Robots, AI and transhumanism -- Genomics, the microbion and posthumanism -- Environment, climate change, and the anthropocene -- Economics and financialization -- Conclusion: Living in a science fictional world

"An overview of how science fiction has grappled with the ways that science and technology shape and change human lives, emphasizing the challenges of the 21st century"-- Provided by publisher.

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