Author : Richard Hantula
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,46 MB
Release : 2004-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780836839524
Compares what writers over the centuries have written about an imaginary future with the reality revealed by time.
Author : Tom Easton
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 27,36 MB
Release : 2010-07-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1602399980
Gathers science fiction stories that accurately predicted future developments, including "The Land Iron Clads" by H.G. Wells, which foresaw tank warfare in 1903, and a tale that so closely depicted the atomic bomb in 1944 it worried the FBI.
Author : Tom Easton
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 29,16 MB
Release : 2010-07-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1628730080
A fascinating collection of fiction-turned-reality tales. Long before movies like Minority Report and The Matrix, the world’s writers have been recording the future as it might exist—and as it turns out, they were right. This bizarre anthology collects the most stunning predictions and imagined inventions here for the first time. Visions of Tomorrow includes “The Land Iron Clads” by H. G. Wells, who described a military tank in 1903—long before it was ever a possibility; “The Yesterday House” by Fritz Leiber, who writes about cloned humans; “Reason” by Isaac Asimov, who predicted solar power could be harnessed by satellites; and many more. In this stunning anthology of never-before-collected stories, our world’s greatest science fiction writers demonstrate that the truth can be just as strange as fiction.
Author : Thomas A. Easton
Publisher :
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 33,81 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Forecasting
ISBN : 9781441698476
A fascinating collection of fiction-turned-reality tales. Long before movies like Minority Report and The Matrix, the world's writers have been recording the future as it might exist;and as it turns out, they were right. This bizarre anthology collects the most stunning predictions and imagined inventions here for the first time. Visions of Tomorrow includes The Land Iron Clads by H.G. Wells, who described a military tank in 1903?long before it was ever a possibility; The Yesterday House by Fritz Leiber, who wrote about cloned humans; and many more. In this stunning anthology of never-before-collected stories, our world's greatest science fiction writers demonstrate that the truth can be just as strange as fiction.
Author : Forrest J. Ackerman
Publisher : Collectors Press, Inc.
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 30,43 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781888054934
From deep in the heart of imagination, where galaxies grow, robots rule, and Martians cause mayhem, comes Worlds of Tomorrow: The Amazing Universe of Science Fiction Art. Teeming with gigantic insects, spaceships, and scantily clad heroines, the science fiction pulp and paperback covers of the 1920s through the 1960s represented a generation's vision of the future. New military technology and increased information about space travel fuelled the minds of artists and writers to new heights. Predictions of planetary doom stood side-by-side with visions of Utopia on bookshelves and magazine racks worldwide. Written by lifetime science fiction collector, fan, and B-Movie icon Forrest Ackerman, more than 300 beautifully displayed science fiction covers come back to life in text and chapters grouped by theme. Explore the creative geniuses that moulded our vision of the great unknown into what it is today.
Author : A. Roberts
Publisher : Springer
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 40,88 MB
Release : 2005-11-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0230554652
The History of Science Fiction traces the origin and development of science fiction from Ancient Greece up to the present day. The author is both an academic literary critic and acclaimed creative writer of the genre. Written in lively, accessible prose it is specifically designed to bridge the worlds of academic criticism and SF fandom.
Author : Edward Edelson
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 17,10 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :
Discusses science fiction movies and television programs of the past and present, including "Buck Rogers," "The Day the Earth Stood Still," "Doctor Strangelove," and many others.
Author : Edmund Harold
Publisher :
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 28,31 MB
Release : 1988
Category :
ISBN : 9780864361394
Author : Gary Westfahl
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 33,34 MB
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0786484764
Science fiction has always challenged readers with depictions of the future. Can the genre actually provide glimpses of the world of tomorrow? This collection of fifteen international and interdisciplinary essays examines the genre's predictions and breaks new ground by considering the prophetic functions of science fiction films as well as SF literature. Among the texts and topics examined are classic stories by Murray Leinster, C. L. Moore, and Cordwainer Smith; 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequels, Japanese anime and Hong Kong cinema; and electronic fiction.
Author : Kai-Fu Lee
Publisher : Crown Currency
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 25,81 MB
Release : 2024-03-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0593238311
How will AI change our world within twenty years? A pioneering technologist and acclaimed writer team up for a “dazzling” (The New York Times) look at the future that “brims with intriguing insights” (Financial Times). This edition includes a new foreword by Kai-Fu Lee. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Financial Times Long before the advent of ChatGPT, Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan understood the enormous potential of artificial intelligence to transform our daily lives. But even as the world wakes up to the power of AI, many of us still fail to grasp the big picture. Chatbots and large language models are only the beginning. In this “inspired collaboration” (The Wall Street Journal), Lee and Chen join forces to imagine our world in 2041 and how it will be shaped by AI. In ten gripping, globe-spanning short stories and accompanying commentary, their book introduces readers to an array of eye-opening settings and characters grappling with the new abundance and potential harms of AI technologies like deep learning, mixed reality, robotics, artificial general intelligence, and autonomous weapons.
