| Description |
256 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-239) and index. |
| Contents |
1. The right to die -- 2. Poe, our embarrassing ancestor -- 3. From the earth to the moon in 101 years -- 4. How science fiction defused the bomb -- 5. Star Trek, or the future as a lifestyle -- 6. Can girls play too? feminizing science fiction -- 7. When you wish upon a star : science fiction as a religion -- 8. Republicans on Mars : science fiction as military strategy -- 9. The third world and other alien nations -- 10. The future of an illusion : science fiction beyond the year 2000. |
| Subject |
Science fiction -- History and criticism.
|
|
Literature and society.
|
| ISBN |
0684824051 |
|
