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- catalog abstract "From science fiction writer Thomas M. Disch comes The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of, a perceptive account of the impact science fiction has had on American culture. Disch provides a view of this world and its inhabitants, tracing science fiction's phenomenal growth into the multibillion-dollar global entertainment industry it is today. From the protoscience-fiction tales of Edgar Allen Poe, to the utopian dreams and technological nightmares of European writers H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, and J.G. Ballard, to American conservatives Robert Heinlein and Jerry Pournelle, liberals Joe Haldemann and Ursula le Guin, flakes William Burroughs and Philip K. Dick, and outright charlatans Ignatius Donnelly and various UFO "witnesses," Disch emphasizes science fiction's cultural role as both a lens and a medium for the very rapid changes driven by modern technology, highlighting its powers of prediction and prevarication.".
- catalog contributor b10765180.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "1. The right to die -- 2. Poe, our embarrassing ancestor -- 3. From the earth to the moon in 101 years -- 4. How science fiction defused the bomb -- 5. Star Trek, or the future as a lifestyle -- 6. Can girls play too? feminizing science fiction -- 7. When you wish upon a star : science fiction as a religion -- 8. Republicans on Mars : science fiction as military strategy -- 9. The third world and other alien nations -- 10. The future of an illusion : science fiction beyond the year 2000.".
- catalog description "Dick, and outright charlatans Ignatius Donnelly and various UFO "witnesses," Disch emphasizes science fiction's cultural role as both a lens and a medium for the very rapid changes driven by modern technology, highlighting its powers of prediction and prevarication.".
- catalog description "From science fiction writer Thomas M. Disch comes The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of, a perceptive account of the impact science fiction has had on American culture. Disch provides a view of this world and its inhabitants, tracing science fiction's phenomenal growth into the multibillion-dollar global entertainment industry it is today. From the protoscience-fiction tales of Edgar Allen Poe, to the utopian dreams and technological nightmares of European writers H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, and J.G. Ballard, to American conservatives Robert Heinlein and Jerry Pournelle, liberals Joe Haldemann and Ursula le Guin, flakes William Burroughs and Philip K.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-239) and index.".
- catalog extent "256 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Dreams our stuff is made of.".
- catalog identifier "0684824051".
- catalog isFormatOf "Dreams our stuff is made of.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Free Press,".
- catalog relation "Dreams our stuff is made of.".
- catalog subject "809.3/8762 21".
- catalog subject "Literature and society.".
- catalog subject "PN3433.5 .D57 1998".
- catalog subject "Science fiction History and criticism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The right to die -- 2. Poe, our embarrassing ancestor -- 3. From the earth to the moon in 101 years -- 4. How science fiction defused the bomb -- 5. Star Trek, or the future as a lifestyle -- 6. Can girls play too? feminizing science fiction -- 7. When you wish upon a star : science fiction as a religion -- 8. Republicans on Mars : science fiction as military strategy -- 9. The third world and other alien nations -- 10. The future of an illusion : science fiction beyond the year 2000.".
- catalog title "The dreams our stuff is made of : how science fiction conquered the world / Thomas M. Disch.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".