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  1. Science fiction and the prediction of the future
    essays on foresight and fallacy
    Contributor: Westfahl, Gary (Hrsg.)
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  McFarland, Jefferson, NC [u.a.]

    Location:
    Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln, Hauptabteilung
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    41A6519
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    Contributor: Westfahl, Gary (Hrsg.)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9780786458417
    RVK Categories: EC 6745
    Series: Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 27
    Subjects: Science fiction films; Science fiction; Future in literature; Forecasting in literature; Science-Fiction-Literatur; Science-Fiction-Film; Prognose
    Scope: VI, 263 S.
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index
  2. Utopia and Consciousness
    Author: Haney, William S.
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  Rodopi, Amsterdam

    Location:
    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9042033053; 9042033061; 9789042033054; 9789042033061
    Series: Consciousness, literature & the arts
    Subjects: Future in literature; Science fiction, American / History and criticism; Science fiction, English / History and criticism; Utopias in literature; Literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / General; Literatur; Utopias in literature; Utopie; Bewusstsein; Literatur
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (152 pages)
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    Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Content; Preface:; Chapter One: Utopia, Deconstruction and Sanskrit Poetics; Chapter Two: Utopia and Unity in Sanskrit Poetics; Chapter Three: Utopia, Presence, Repetition and Vedic Philosophy; Chapter Four: Utopia and James Joyce's Ulysses; Chapter Five: Utopia and Faulkner's As I Lay Dying; Chapter Six: Utopia, the Self and the Fantastic in Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49; Chapter Seven: Utopia, Soyinka's Ritual Drama, and The Mistake of the Intellect; Bibliography; Index

    In his book Archaeologies of the Future: The Desire Called Utopia and Other Science Fictions (2007), Fredric Jameson analyzes the multiple components of utopia and the possibility of achieving utopia in the near future. As this book argues, however, human civilization will never achieve utopia unless humans reach a state of pure consciousness in which they will use their full mental potential and avoid making blunders in life that would undermine the possibility of a utopia. This book develops a non-teleological, comparative poetics between Western and Sanskrit literary traditions by analyzing

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-151) and index
  3. Science fiction and the prediction of the future
    essays on foresight and fallacy
    Contributor: Westfahl, Gary (Publisher); Wong, Kin Yuen (Publisher); Chan, Amy Kit-sze (Publisher)
    Published: [2011]
    Publisher:  McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina ; London

    Location:
    Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg
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    Contributor: Westfahl, Gary (Publisher); Wong, Kin Yuen (Publisher); Chan, Amy Kit-sze (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780786484768
    RVK Categories: EC 6745
    Series: Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 27
    Subjects: Science fiction films; Science fiction; Future in literature; Forecasting in literature; Prognose; Science-Fiction-Literatur; Zukunft <Motiv>; Science-Fiction-Film
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 263 Seiten)
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    "Science fiction has always intrigued readers with depictions of an unforeseen future. Can the genre actually provide audiences with a glance into 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 science fiction literature"--Provided by publisher.

    Includes bibliographical references and index
  4. Science fiction and the prediction of the future
    essays on foresight and fallacy
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  McFarland, Jefferson, NC [u.a.]

    Location:
    Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen-Nürnberg, Hauptbibliothek
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    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    Deutsches Museum, Bibliothek
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    Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9780786458417
    RVK Categories: EC 6745
    Series: Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 27
    Subjects: Science fiction films; Science fiction; Future in literature; Forecasting in literature; Prognose; Science-Fiction-Film; Zukunft <Motiv>; Science-Fiction-Literatur
    Scope: VI, 263 S., 23 cm
    Notes:

    "Science fiction has always intrigued readers with depictions of an unforeseen future. Can the genre actually provide audiences with a glance into 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 science fiction literature"--Provided by publisher.

    Includes bibliographical references and index
  5. The black imagination, science fiction and the speculative
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  Routledge, London [u.a.]

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    Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen-Nürnberg, Hauptbibliothek
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    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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  6. Utopia and Consciousness
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  Rodopi, Amsterdam

    In his book Archaeologies of the Future: The Desire Called Utopia and Other Science Fictions (2007), Fredric Jameson analyzes the multiple components of utopia and the possibility of achieving utopia in the near future. As this book argues, however,... more

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    Location:
    Hochschule Aalen, Bibliothek
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    E-Book EBSCO
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    Hochschule Esslingen, Bibliothek
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    Saarländische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek
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    Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
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    In his book Archaeologies of the Future: The Desire Called Utopia and Other Science Fictions (2007), Fredric Jameson analyzes the multiple components of utopia and the possibility of achieving utopia in the near future. As this book argues, however, human civilization will never achieve utopia unless humans reach a state of pure consciousness in which they will use their full mental potential and avoid making blunders in life that would undermine the possibility of a utopia. This book develops a non-teleological, comparative poetics between Western and Sanskrit literary traditions by analyzing

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9789042033061; 9042033061
    Series: Consciousness, Literature & the Arts
    Subjects: Utopias in literature; Utopias in literature; Future in literature; Science fiction, American; Science fiction, English; Literature; Utopias in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM ; General; Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Scope: Online Ressource (152 p.)
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-151) and index. - Description based on print version record
  7. Science fiction and the prediction of the future
    essays on foresight and fallacy
    Contributor: Westfahl, Gary (Herausgeber)
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  McFarland, Jefferson, NC [u.a.]

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    Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln, Hauptabteilung
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    Contributor: Westfahl, Gary (Herausgeber)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780786458417
    RVK Categories: EC 6745
    Series: Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 27
    Subjects: Science fiction films; Science fiction; Future in literature; Forecasting in literature
    Scope: VI, 263 S.
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index
  8. Science fiction and the prediction of the future
    essays on foresight and fallacy
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  McFarland & Co, Jefferson, N.C

    "Science fiction has always intrigued readers with depictions of an unforeseen future. Can the genre actually provide audiences with a glance into the world of tomorrow? This collection of fifteen international and interdisciplinary essays examines... more

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    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
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    Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen, Bibliothek Nürtingen
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    eBook ProQuest
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    "Science fiction has always intrigued readers with depictions of an unforeseen future. Can the genre actually provide audiences with a glance into 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 science fiction literature"--Provided by publisher

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780786458417; 1283018748; 9781283018746
    Series: Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 27
    Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy Ser. ; v.27
    Subjects: Science fiction; Future in literature; Science fiction films; Forecasting in literature; Science fiction -- History and criticism; Future, The, in literature; Science fiction films -- History and criticism; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (vi, 263 p)
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

    pt. 1. Cosmic visionspt. 2. The practice of prophecy.