{"product_id":"science-fiction-paperback-1","title":"Science Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSherryl Vint\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow science fiction has been a tool for understanding and living through rapid technological change.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe world today seems to be slipping into a science fiction future. We have phones that speak to us, cars that drive themselves, and connected devices that communicate with each other in languages we don't understand. Depending the news of the day, we inhabit either a technological utopia or \u003ci\u003eBrave New World \u003c\/i\u003enightmare. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge surveys the uses of science fiction. It focuses on what is at the core of all definitions of science fiction: a vision of the world made otherwise and what possibilities might flow from such otherness.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSherryl Vint is Professor of Science Fiction Media Studies at University of California, Riverside. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBodies of Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnimal Alterity\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction: A Guide for the Perplexed\u003c\/i\u003e, coauthor of the \u003ci\u003eRoutledge Concise History of Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e (2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 6.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 16, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699821613119,"sku":"9780262539999","price":22.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1e1af7873375e506cb242d4bb4e60d0a.webp?v=1765014625","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/science-fiction-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}