Psience Fiction: The Paranormal in Science Fiction Literature

by Damien Broderick

Science fiction has often been considered the literature of futuristic technology: fantastic warfare among the stars or ruinous apocalypses on Earth. The last century, however, saw, through John W. Campbell, the introduction of "psience fiction," which explores such themes of mental powers as telepathy, precognition of the future, teleportation, etc.--and symbolic machines that react to such forces.

The author surveys this long-ignored...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476672288
• ISBN13: 9781476672281
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher