All the wonder that would be : exploring past notions of the future /

"It has been argued that science fiction (SF) gives a kind of weather forecast - not the telling of a fortune but rather the rough feeling of what the future might be like. The intention in this book is to consider some of these bygone forecasts made by SF and to use this as a prism through whi...

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Main Author: Webb, Stephen, 1963- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
Series:Science and fiction (Springer (Firm))
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