SciFi in the Mind's Eye
Subtitle: Reading Science Through Science Fiction
Contributors: Terry Bisson (Afterword); Margret Grebowicz (Editor)
Publisher: Open Court
Published: September 28, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780812696301
Subjects: Novels, other prose & writers; Fiction; Fiction - Science Fiction; Science Fiction - General; Literary Criticism & Collections / Science Fiction; History and criticism; Literature and science; Science Fiction; Science fiction, American
Description: From the Publisher: What does our favorite science fiction tell us about the culture of science? What do stories of cyborg women and genetic engineering show us about how science and values interact and how science and politics affect each other? In SciFi in the Mind's Eye, leading scholars look at the way science fiction informs and inspires contemporary research in science and technology, and how scientific breakthroughs spur authors on to yet more creative science fiction narratives. Alongside investigations into the meaning of science fiction, SciFi in the Mind's Eye gives us previously unpublished 'interventions' by acclaimed science fiction authors L. Timmel Duchamp, Nicola Griffith, Nancy Kress, Terry Bisson, and Stanislaw Lem.