Envisioning the future : science fiction and the next millennium / edited by Marleen S. Barr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barr, Marleen S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science fiction, American--History and criticism.

Science fiction, American.

Prophecies in literature.

Future, The, in literature.

Physical Description:

xxi, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, [2003]

Summary:

In a unique collection of fiction and essays, some of its best writers speculate on the future and the role of science fiction.

Contents:

Future Past Building a Bridge to the Eighteenth Century / Neil Postman Postman, Neil

The End-of-the-World Ball / James Gunn Gunn, James

Future Present Reflections on What Remains of Zamyatin's We after the Change of Leviathans: Must Collectivism Be against People? / Darko Suvin Suvin, Darko

The Coming of Christ the Joker / George Zebrowski Zebrowski, George

Goodbye to All That / Harlan Ellison Ellison, Harlan

Future Perfect Superfeminist; or, A Hanukah Carol / Marleen S. Barr Barr, Marleen S.

Utmost Bones / Pamela Sargent Sargent, Pamela

Love and Sex in the Year 3000 / Marge Piercy Piercy, Marge

Cyberteratologies: Female Monsters Negotiate the Other's Participation in Humanity's Far Future / Rosi Braidotti Braidotti, Rosi

Future Critical "You Must Have Seen a Lot of Changes": Fiction beyond the Twenty-first Century / Patrick Parrinder Parrinder, Patrick

Review: What Was Science Fiction? / Eric S. Rabkin Rabkin, Eric S.

Review: Sciene in the Third Millennium / Kim Stanley Robinson Robinson, Kim Stanley

Black to the Future / Walter Mosley Mosley, Walter.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0819566519

0819566527

OCLC:

52214575