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_q(softcover)
040 _aLBSOR/DLC
_beng
_erda
_cDLC
_dDLC
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050 0 0 _aPN3433.5
_b.V55 2021
082 0 0 _a809.38762 VIN
_223
_b21203
100 1 _aVint, Sherryl,
_d1969-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aScience fiction /
_cSherryl Vint.
264 1 _aCambridge, Massachusetts :
_bThe MIT Press,
_c[2021]
300 _a207 pages ;
_c18 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aThe MIT Press essential knowledge series
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 177-192) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aScience fiction
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aScience fiction
_xSocial aspects.
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