Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future: Essays on Foresight and Fallacy

by Gary Westfahl, Wong Kin Yuen, Amy Kit-sze Chan

Science fiction has always challenged readers with depictions of the future. Can the genre actually provide glimpses of the world of tomorrow? This collection of fifteen international and interdisciplinary essays examines the genre's predictions and breaks new ground by considering the prophetic functions of science fiction films as well as SF literature. Among the texts and topics examined are classic stories by Murray Leinster, C. L. Moore,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786458410
• ISBN13: 9780786458417
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher