Science fiction /
Sherryl Vint.
- 207 pages ; 18 cm.
- The MIT Press essential knowledge series .
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"--
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Science fiction--History and criticism. Science fiction--Social aspects.