Fluid Futures
Science Fiction and Potentiality
$49.37
- Paperback
1 pages
- Release Date
17 September 2024
Summary
How does science fiction imagine forms of life that are plausible, and yet different from anything that we already know?
Fluid Futures is about how science fiction imagines an open future. Science fiction does not claim to predict what will actually happen in times to come. But it offers pictures of potential developments; it narrates the unfolding of possibilities for change that are already implicit, or incipient, in the present moment. As Rod Serling said, science fiction …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781915672469 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1915672465 |
| Author: | Steven Shaviro |
| Publisher: | Watkins Media Limited |
| Imprint: | Repeater Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 1 |
| Release Date: | 17 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 135mm |
About The Author
Steven Shaviro
Steven Shaviro is the DeRoy Professor of English at Wayne State University in Detroit, and a recipient of the Science Fiction Research Association’s award for lifetime achievement in science fiction scholarship. Besides his work in science fiction scholarship, he has also written about film theory, music videos, speculative realism, and the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead.
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