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Science Fiction and Anticipation
Utopias, Dystopias and Time Travel
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2022
Summary
Science Fiction and Anticipation: Utopias, Dystopias and Time Travel presents ten chapters discussing themes related to time travel, utopias, and dystopias in science fiction novels published in America and Europe between the 18th and 20th century. These themes include social progress, freedom and human rights, technological advances, and the issues of ethics, racism, sexism, censorship, and slavery. The contributors analyze novels such as The Year 2440 published in 1771, Paris in the Twentieth Century written by Jules Verne, Blake; or, The Huts of America by Martin Robinson Delany, The Amphibian Man by Alexander Belyaev, Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov, Ashes, Ashes by René Barjavel, The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster, Morel’s Invention by Adolfo Bioy Casares, and writers of Spanish, Argentinian, English, and French fictions such as George Orwell, Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg and Leopoldo Antonio Lugones Argüello. This book notably presents their sources and influence, the accuracy of their predictions, and their relevance in our very unstable world.
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Copyright year
2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-6669-1813-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-1814-4
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
254
Product type
Edited Book
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Preface No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 8
Mercier’s The Year 2440, a Dream and a “Thought Experiment” No access Pages 9 - 30
Origins of Hard Science Fiction: An Approach No access Pages 31 - 44
Beyond Utopia No access Pages 45 - 66
With Second Sight and Afro-pessimism No access Pages 67 - 90
The Phenomenon of Human-Animal Hybridization in Russian Science Fiction of the 20th Century No access Pages 91 - 118
Barjavel, Ravage No access Pages 119 - 144
Dystopia as the First-Person World No access Pages 145 - 170
Orwellian Themes and Echoes in Today’s World-A Perspective No access Pages 171 - 182
The 19th Century American Socialism No access Pages 183 - 210
The Invention of Morel, a Projection on Dreams and Immortality No access Pages 211 - 232
Appendix No access Pages 233 - 244
Index No access Pages 245 - 248
About the Editor and Contributors No access Pages 249 - 254
