The prevalence of science fiction readership among those who create and program computers is so well-known that it has become a cliche, but the phenomenon has remained largely unexplored by scholars. What role has science fiction played in the actual development of computers and computing? And likewise, how has computing (including the related fields of robotics and artificial intelligence) affected the course of science fiction? The 18 essays in this critical work explore the interrelationship of these domains over the span of more than half a century.
The prevalence of science fiction readership among those who create and program computers is so well-known that it has become a cliche, but the phenomenon has remained largely unexplored by scholars. What role has science fiction played in the actual development of computers and computing? And likewise, how has computing (including the related fields of robotics and artificial intelligence) affected the course of science fiction? The 18 essays in this critical work explore the interrelationship of these domains over the span of more than half a century.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
David L. Ferro is an associate professor of computer science at Weber State University. He has published on both science fiction and real-world computer science. Award-winning author Eric G. Swedin is an associate professor of information systems & technologies at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction by David L. Ferro 1. Technology's Other Storytellers: Science Fiction as History of Technology THOMAS HAIGH 2. Computers in Science Fiction: Anxiety and Anticipation CHRIS PAK 3. Murray Leinster and "A Logic Named Joe" ERIC G. SWEDIN AND DAVID L. FERRO 4. Atorox, a Finnish Fictional Robot with a Changing Personality in the Late 1940s JAAKKO SUOMINEN 5. Computer Science on the Planet Krypton GARY WESTFAHL 6. Manned Space Flight and Artificial Intelligence: "Natural" Trajectories of Technology PAUL E. CERUZZI 7. "That Does Not Compute": The Brittleness Bottleneck and the Problem of Semantics in Science Fiction LISA NOCKS 8. "Hello, Computer": The Interplay of Star Trek and Modern Computing JOSHUA CUNEO 9. Turn Off the Gringo Machine! The "Electronic Brain" and Cybernetic Imagination in Brazilian Cinema ALFREDO SUPPIA 10. A (Brave New) World Is More Than a Few Gizmos Crammed Together: Science Fiction and Cyberculture THIERRY BARDINI 11. True Risks? The Pleasures and Perils of Cyberspace JANET ABBATE 12. Science Fiction as Myth: Cultural Logic in Gibson's Neuromancer R.C. ALVARADO 13. Creating a Techno-Mythology for a New Age: The Production History of The Lawnmower Man DAVID A. KIRBY 14. Embodiment, Emotion, and Moral Experiences: The Human and the Machine in Film HUNTER HEYCK 15. "Predicting the Present": Overclocking Doctorow's Overclocked GRAHAM J. MURPHY 16. "Low on Milk. I Love You!" HOWARD TAYLOR 17. Nanotechnology Tomorrows: Nanocritters and Other Tiny Things in Science Fiction RICHARD L. MCKINNEY 18. Imagining the Omniscient Computer DAVID TOOMEY About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction by David L. Ferro 1. Technology's Other Storytellers: Science Fiction as History of Technology THOMAS HAIGH 2. Computers in Science Fiction: Anxiety and Anticipation CHRIS PAK 3. Murray Leinster and "A Logic Named Joe" ERIC G. SWEDIN AND DAVID L. FERRO 4. Atorox, a Finnish Fictional Robot with a Changing Personality in the Late 1940s JAAKKO SUOMINEN 5. Computer Science on the Planet Krypton GARY WESTFAHL 6. Manned Space Flight and Artificial Intelligence: "Natural" Trajectories of Technology PAUL E. CERUZZI 7. "That Does Not Compute": The Brittleness Bottleneck and the Problem of Semantics in Science Fiction LISA NOCKS 8. "Hello, Computer": The Interplay of Star Trek and Modern Computing JOSHUA CUNEO 9. Turn Off the Gringo Machine! The "Electronic Brain" and Cybernetic Imagination in Brazilian Cinema ALFREDO SUPPIA 10. A (Brave New) World Is More Than a Few Gizmos Crammed Together: Science Fiction and Cyberculture THIERRY BARDINI 11. True Risks? The Pleasures and Perils of Cyberspace JANET ABBATE 12. Science Fiction as Myth: Cultural Logic in Gibson's Neuromancer R.C. ALVARADO 13. Creating a Techno-Mythology for a New Age: The Production History of The Lawnmower Man DAVID A. KIRBY 14. Embodiment, Emotion, and Moral Experiences: The Human and the Machine in Film HUNTER HEYCK 15. "Predicting the Present": Overclocking Doctorow's Overclocked GRAHAM J. MURPHY 16. "Low on Milk. I Love You!" HOWARD TAYLOR 17. Nanotechnology Tomorrows: Nanocritters and Other Tiny Things in Science Fiction RICHARD L. MCKINNEY 18. Imagining the Omniscient Computer DAVID TOOMEY About the Contributors Index
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