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- ISBN-10
- 0819576719
- Book Title
- Imagining Urban Futures: Cities in Science Fiction and What We
- Genre
- Literary Criticism
- ISBN
- 9780819576712
- Subject Area
- Literary Criticism, Social Science, Political Science
- Publication Name
- Imagining Urban Futures : Cities in Science Fiction and What We Might Learn from Them
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- Wesleyan University Press
- Subject
- Science Fiction & Fantasy, Public Policy / General, Subjects & Themes / General, Sociology / Urban
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Item Width
- 6.5 in
- Item Weight
- 20 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 276 Pages
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Carl Abbott, who has taught urban studies and urban planning in five decades, brings together urban studies and literary studies to examine how fictional cities in work by authors as different as E. M. Forster, Isaac Asimov, Kim Stanley Robinson, and China Mi ville might help us to envision an urban future that is viable and resilient. Imagining Urban Futures is a remarkable treatise on what is best and strongest in urban theory and practice today, as refracted and intensely imagined in science fiction. As the human population grows, we can envision an increasingly urban society. Shifting weather patterns, rising sea levels, reduced access to resources, and a host of other issues will radically impact urban environments, while technology holds out the dream of cities beyond Earth. Abbott delivers a compelling critical discussion of science fiction cities found in literary works, television programs, and films of many eras from Metropolis to Blade Runner and Soylent Green to The Hunger Games, among many others.
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Publisher
Wesleyan University Press
ISBN-10
0819576719
ISBN-13
9780819576712
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220394911
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Publication Name
Imagining Urban Futures : Cities in Science Fiction and What We Might Learn from Them
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Public Policy / General, Subjects & Themes / General, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
276 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Item Weight
20 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2016-027493
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lc Classification Number
Ps374.S35a24 2016
Grade from
College Graduate Student
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"By day Carl Abbott is one of the most respected urban historians of his generation; by night he is among the most omnivorous and omniscient sci-fi fanboys of all time. This book brings together both sides of his brain for a unique guided tour of science fiction cities in their many manifestations, familiar and obscure. As he shows, science fiction has found its own radical way to represent, to critique, and ultimately to re-design the city."--Robert Fishman, University of Michigan, "By day Carl Abbott is one of the most respected urban historians of his generation; by night he is among the most omnivorous and omniscient sci-fi fanboys of all time. This book brings together both sides of his brain for a unique guided tour of science fiction cities in their many manifestations, familiar and obscure. As he shows, science fiction has found its own radical way to represent, to critique, and ultimately to re-design the city."--Robert Fishman, University of Michigan "By day Carl Abbott is one of the most respected urban historians of his generation; by night he is among the most omnivorous and omniscient sci-fi fanboys of all time. This book brings together both sides of his brain for a unique guided tour of science fiction cities in their many manifestations, familiar and obscure. As he shows, science fiction has found its own radical way to represent, to critique, and ultimately to re-design the city."--Robert Fishman, University of Michigan "Carl Abbott has long been valued as a thoughtful and creative urban historian. Here he has organized the 'thought experiments' we call science fiction into sensible categories that explain the imaginative responses to technological and social change in cities. The book is encyclopedic in its reach and will be consulted for years to come."--Sam Bass Warner, Jr., author of American Urban Form
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction Techno City; or, Dude, Where's My Aircar? Machines for Breathing Migratory Cities Utopia with Walls: The Carceral City Crabgrass Chaos Soylent Green Is People! Varieties of Urban Crisis Keep Out, You Idiots! The Deserted City Market and Mosaic Afterword: Cities That Will Work Notes Notes on Sources Index
Copyright Date
2016
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Yes
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