A timely volume that uses science fiction as a springboard to meaningful philosophical discussions, especially at points of contact between science fiction and new scientific developments. Raises questions and examines timely themes concerning the nature of the mind, time travel, artificial intelligence, neural enhancement, free will, the nature of persons, transhumanism, virtu...(展开全部)

Why have theorists approached narrative primarily as a form of retrospect? Mark Currie argues that anticipation and other forms of projection into the future are vital for an understanding of narrative and its effects in the world. In a series of arguments and readings, he offers an account of narrative as both anticipation and retrospection, linking fictional time experiments ...(展开全部)

Now in Paperback! The Road to Science Fiction is a six-volume anthology that covers the development of this genre from its earliest prototypes to the current day. Created originally to provide anthologies for use in classrooms in the late 1970s, these volumes became mass-market sellers. Between an ancient Roman's trip to the moon and the fantastic tales of H.G. Wells lies a jo...(展开全部)

In Science Fiction and Extro-Science Fiction, Quentin Meillassoux addresses the problem of chaos and of the constancy of natural laws in the context of literature. With his usual argumentative rigor, he elucidates the distinction between science fiction, a genre in which science remains possible in spite of all the upheavals that may attend the world in which the tale takes pla...(展开全部)

In Science Fiction and Extro-Science Fiction, Quentin Meillassoux addresses the problem of chaos and of the constancy of natural laws in the context of literature. With his usual argumentative rigor, he elucidates the distinction between science fiction, a genre in which science remains possible in spite of all the upheavals that may attend the world in which the tale takes pla...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·冈恩，（1923－），美国科幻小说家，获“科幻大师”称号。代表作有《堡垒世界》（1955）、《星际桥梁》（1955）、《空间站》（1958）、《快乐制造者》（1961）、《长生不老的人》（1962）、《倾听者》（1972）、《校园》（1977）和《危机》（1986）等；曾任美国科幻作家协会主席（197l-1972）、美国科幻小说研究会主席（1980-1982）、“约翰·坎贝尔纪念奖”评奖委员会主席（1979年至今）；编著有《科幻之路》、《科幻小说新百科全书》等。 郭建中（1938-），翻译家，学者，享受国务院特殊津贴。主要论著有《科普与科幻翻译：理论、技巧与实践》、《当代美国翻译理论》、《文化与翻译》等；主要译著有《杀鹿人》（合译）、《鲁滨逊漂流记》、《摩尔·弗兰德斯》、《铁草》等，并翻译和主编《外国科幻小说译丛》（50余册）和《科幻之路》（...(展开全部)

Offers tips and advice on writing science fiction, discussing the rules of fiction, and how to structure a successful story

Sci-fi makes it look so easy. Receive a distress call from Alpha Centauri? No problem: punch the warp drive and you're there in minutes. Facing a catastrophe that can't be averted? Just pop back in the timestream and stop it before it starts. But for those of us not lucky enough to live in a science-fictional universe, are these ideas merely flights of fancy - or could it reall...(展开全部)

Now in Paperback! Between an ancient Roman's trip to the moon and the fantastic tales of H.G. Wells lies a journey through time and space and an awesome evolution in scientific thinking. From Gilgamesh's search for immortality to Lucian's odyssey on the moon; from Jonathan Swift's hilarious satire on scientists in Gulliver's Travels to Mary Shelley's horrifying description of ...(展开全部)