Science fiction / Sherryl Vint.
By: Vint, Sherryl [author.].
Series: The MIT Press essential knowledge series.Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, ©2021Description: 207 pages ; 18 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780262539999.Subject(s): Science fiction -- History and criticism | Science fiction -- Social aspectsGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | PN3433.5 .V55 2021 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000018888 |
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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"--