Science Fiction and Anticipation focuses on American and European influential works of science fiction published between the 18th and 20th century. The book explores how writers presented in this book envisioned the future of their country, and it discusses issues such as ethics, censorship, racism, sexism, and slavery.
Science Fiction and Anticipation focuses on American and European influential works of science fiction published between the 18th and 20th century. The book explores how writers presented in this book envisioned the future of their country, and it discusses issues such as ethics, censorship, racism, sexism, and slavery.
Edited by Bernard Montoneri - Contributions by Majed S. Al-Lehaibi; Miguel Ángel González Chandía; Beena Giridharan; Fernando Darío González Grueso; Michaela Keck; Bernard Montoneri; Murielle El Hajj; Akiyoshi Suzuki and Anna Toom
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Preface Introduction Chapter One: Mercier's The Year 2440, a Dream and a "Thought Experiment" Bernard Montoneri Chapter Two: Origins of Hard Science Fiction: An Approach Fernando Darío González Grueso Chapter Three: Beyond Utopia: The Dystopian Capitalist Society in Paris in the Twentieth Century (1863) Murielle El Hajj Nahas Chapter Four: With Second Sight and Afro-pessimism: The Im/Possibility of Black Utopia in Martin R. Delany's Blake; or, The Huts of America Michaela Keck Chapter Five: The Phenomenon of Human-Animal Hybridization in Russian Science Fiction of the 20th Century Anna Toom Chapter Six: Barjavel, Ravage: roman extraordinaire (1943) Bernard Montoneri and Murielle El Hajj Nahas Chapter Seven: Dystopia as the First-person World: Rereading E. M. Forster's The Machine Stops as a Pandemic Novel of a Global Society Akiyoshi Suzuki Chapter Eight: Orwellian Themes and Echoes in Today's World-A Perspective Beena Giridharan Chapter Nine: The 19th Century American Socialism: A Vision of A Future Utopia Majed S Al-Lehaibi and Bernard Montoneri Chapter Ten: The Invention of Morel, a Projection on Dreams and Immortality Miguel Ángel González Chandía Appendix: Some key titles in science fiction Index About the Editor and Contributors
Preface Introduction Chapter One: Mercier's The Year 2440, a Dream and a "Thought Experiment" Bernard Montoneri Chapter Two: Origins of Hard Science Fiction: An Approach Fernando Darío González Grueso Chapter Three: Beyond Utopia: The Dystopian Capitalist Society in Paris in the Twentieth Century (1863) Murielle El Hajj Nahas Chapter Four: With Second Sight and Afro-pessimism: The Im/Possibility of Black Utopia in Martin R. Delany's Blake; or, The Huts of America Michaela Keck Chapter Five: The Phenomenon of Human-Animal Hybridization in Russian Science Fiction of the 20th Century Anna Toom Chapter Six: Barjavel, Ravage: roman extraordinaire (1943) Bernard Montoneri and Murielle El Hajj Nahas Chapter Seven: Dystopia as the First-person World: Rereading E. M. Forster's The Machine Stops as a Pandemic Novel of a Global Society Akiyoshi Suzuki Chapter Eight: Orwellian Themes and Echoes in Today's World-A Perspective Beena Giridharan Chapter Nine: The 19th Century American Socialism: A Vision of A Future Utopia Majed S Al-Lehaibi and Bernard Montoneri Chapter Ten: The Invention of Morel, a Projection on Dreams and Immortality Miguel Ángel González Chandía Appendix: Some key titles in science fiction Index About the Editor and Contributors
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