Histories of the Future: Studies in Fact, Fantasy and Science Fiction

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List of Plates Preface Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introducing the Future: The Dawn of Science Fiction Criticism H.Harrison History in SF: What (Hasn't Yet) Happened in History K.MacLeod The Ruins of the Future: Macaulay's New Zealander and the Spirit of the Age R.Dingley Celluloid Scientists: Futures Visualised R.D.Haynes Losing the Sense and Space: Forster's The Machine Stops and Jameson's Third Machine Age B.Battaglia Boys, Battleships, Books: The Cult of the Navy in US Juvenile Fiction, 1898-1919 B.Brasington American Dreams and Edwardian Aspirations: Technological Innovation and Temporal Uncertainty in Narratives of Expectation C.E.Gannon Filing the Future: Reporting on World War Three D.Seed The Map of the Apocalypse: Nuclear War and the Space of Dystopia in American Science Fiction B.Baker A New World Made to Order: Making Sense of the Future in a Global Era A.Spark Sign, Symbol, Power: The New Martian Novel R.Crossley Starship Troopers, Galactic Heroes, Mercenary Princes: The Military and its Discontents in Science Fiction T.Shippey Terrible Angels: Science Fiction and the Singularity D.Broderick Index

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