Science and science fiction have become inseparable--with common stories, interconnected thought experiments, and shared language. This reference book lays out that relationship and its all-but-magical terms and ideas. Those who think seriously about the future are changing the world, reshaping how we speak and how we think. This book fully covers the terms that collected, clarified and crystallized the futurists' ideas, sometimes showing them off, sometimes slowing them down, and sometimes propelling them to fame and making them the common currency of our culture. The many entries in this…mehr
Science and science fiction have become inseparable--with common stories, interconnected thought experiments, and shared language. This reference book lays out that relationship and its all-but-magical terms and ideas. Those who think seriously about the future are changing the world, reshaping how we speak and how we think. This book fully covers the terms that collected, clarified and crystallized the futurists' ideas, sometimes showing them off, sometimes slowing them down, and sometimes propelling them to fame and making them the common currency of our culture. The many entries in this encyclopedic work offer a guided tour of the vast territories occupied by science fiction and futurism. In his Foreword, David Brin says, "Provocative and enticing? Filled with 'huh!' moments and leads to great stories? That describes this volume."Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
The late Ace G. Pilkington was a professor of English and history at Dixie State University. He was the author or editor of eight books and had published more than 100 articles, reviews, short stories and poems.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments deletexi Foreword by David Brin Key and Abbreviations Preface Introduction Part One: The Terms of Science and Its Fictions Alter Ego Anachronism Artificial Intelligence Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics Atomics Bad Code BEM (Bug-Eyed Monster) Big Dumb Objects Bobble Chronotransference Clarke's Laws Corpsicle Cosmogony of the Future Cryonics Cyberspace Death Ray Deep Blue Doomsday Machine Fermis First Contact Frankenstein Complex Gas Giant Goldilocks Planet "He's dead, Jim." Internet of Things Ion Drive Juno Spacecraft Kludge MacGyver Metalaw Multiplex Parenting Mutant Nanotechnology Neural Lace Pellegrino, Powell and Asimov's Three Laws of Alien Behavior Positronic Brain Railgun Realtime Robot Robotics SETI Solar Sail Solo Parenting Stepford Wives Teleportation Time Bunny Time Machine Timequake Timeskip Timeslip Uncanny Valley Uplift Uterine Replicator Utility Fog Wolfling Part Two: Genre Terms Alternate (or Alternative) History Archetype Cassandras Fantasy Faust Fictions of Nuclear Disaster Fixup Hard SF Lost Colony Lost World Story Monomyth Proto-Science Fiction Rim World Ruritania Science Fantasy Science Fiction Scientific Romance Sci-Fi Separable Soul Speculative Fiction Speculative History Speculative Nonfiction Technothriller Works Cited Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments deletexi Foreword by David Brin Key and Abbreviations Preface Introduction Part One: The Terms of Science and Its Fictions Alter Ego Anachronism Artificial Intelligence Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics Atomics Bad Code BEM (Bug-Eyed Monster) Big Dumb Objects Bobble Chronotransference Clarke's Laws Corpsicle Cosmogony of the Future Cryonics Cyberspace Death Ray Deep Blue Doomsday Machine Fermis First Contact Frankenstein Complex Gas Giant Goldilocks Planet "He's dead, Jim." Internet of Things Ion Drive Juno Spacecraft Kludge MacGyver Metalaw Multiplex Parenting Mutant Nanotechnology Neural Lace Pellegrino, Powell and Asimov's Three Laws of Alien Behavior Positronic Brain Railgun Realtime Robot Robotics SETI Solar Sail Solo Parenting Stepford Wives Teleportation Time Bunny Time Machine Timequake Timeskip Timeslip Uncanny Valley Uplift Uterine Replicator Utility Fog Wolfling Part Two: Genre Terms Alternate (or Alternative) History Archetype Cassandras Fantasy Faust Fictions of Nuclear Disaster Fixup Hard SF Lost Colony Lost World Story Monomyth Proto-Science Fiction Rim World Ruritania Science Fantasy Science Fiction Scientific Romance Sci-Fi Separable Soul Speculative Fiction Speculative History Speculative Nonfiction Technothriller Works Cited Index
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