TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vint,Sherryl
TI  - Science fiction
T2  - The MIT Press essential knowledge series
SN  - 9780262539999
AV  - PN3433.5 .V55 2021
U1  - 809.38762 VIN 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - The MIT Press
KW  - Science fiction
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -