How does science fiction envision new forms of life-plausible yet radically different from what we know?
Fluid Futures explores how science fiction offers bold, thought-provoking scenarios that challenge our assumptions about time, technology, and the limits of human experience. Rather than predicting the future, sci-fi reveals how emerging developments could unfold in unexpected and transformative ways. As Rod Serling famously said, science fiction is "the improbable made possible."
This book examines three core methods science fiction uses to imagine the future: extrapolation, speculation, and fabulation. Through literature and film, Fluid Futures showcases how sci-fi rethinks time, reconfigures narrative, and constructs possible worlds that stretch our imagination. Instead of imposing a single theory of science fiction, it highlights how the genre itself theorizes and reimagines concepts we take for granted.
Perfect for readers of speculative fiction, futurism, and literary theory, Fluid Futures is an essential guide to how science fiction opens doors to new worlds of thought.
| ISBN: | 9781915672469 |
| Publication date: | 13th August 2024 |
| Author: | Steven Shaviro |
| Publisher: | Repeater an imprint of Watkins Media Limited |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 424 pages |
| Genres: |
Social and political philosophy Political science and theory |
How does science fiction envision new forms of life-plausible yet radically different from what we know?
Fluid Futures explores how science fiction offers bold, thought-provoking scenarios that challenge our assumptions about time, technology, and the limits of human experience. Rather than predicting the future, sci-fi reveals how emerging developments could unfold in unexpected and transformative ways. As Rod Serling famously said, science fiction is "the improbable made possible."
This book examines three core methods science fiction uses to imagine the future: extrapolation, speculation, and fabulation. Through literature and film, Fluid Futures showcases how sci-fi rethinks time, reconfigures narrative, and constructs possible worlds that stretch our imagination. Instead of imposing a single theory of science fiction, it highlights how the genre itself theorizes and reimagines concepts we take for granted.
Perfect for readers of speculative fiction, futurism, and literary theory, Fluid Futures is an essential guide to how science fiction opens doors to new worlds of thought.
Fluid Futures features in the following genres: Social and political philosophy, Political science and theory
Fluid Futures is available in Paperback
Fluid Futures was written by Steven Shaviro and published by Repeater an imprint of Watkins Media Limited
Fluid Futures has 424 pages
£15.29