Histories of the Future: Studies in Fact, Fantasy and Science Fiction

Although a number of contributions discuss 'mainstream' science fiction, the collection's emphasis is not on any single genre, but rather on the ways in which different histories - technological, cultural, military, ideological - generate and inform different modes of speculation about things to come. This collection of interdisciplinary essays examines some of the ways in which writers, artists, film-makers, strategists and political thinkers have imagined the future over the last two centuries. Although a number of contributions discuss ''mainstream'' science fiction, the collection''s emphasis is not on any single genre, but rather on the ways in which different histories - technological, cultural, military, ideological - generate and inform different modes of speculation about things to come. These histories also disclose that our patterns of expectation are much influenced by our relationship to the past.

• | Author: Alan Sandison
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Nov 10, 2000
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780333776414
• | ISBN-10: 0333776410