Between Science and Society
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Between Science and Society

Charting the Space of Science Fiction

  1. 231 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Between Science and Society

Charting the Space of Science Fiction

About this book

In Between Science and Society: Charting the Space of Science Fiction, Douglas A. Van Belle uses interviews with 24 science fiction authors to analyze the conceptual space that science fiction occupies between science and society. Using these interviews, Van Belle studies the similarities and differences between the academic and professional understandings of the genre. Between Science and Society arguesthat, for authors, all of the aspects of the genre that are emphasized by academics, such as science communication and depictions of scientists, are secondary to the artistic effort to entertain through storytelling. Through his interviews, Van Belle explores both the genre's place in relation to science and society and key elements to surviving as a professional science fiction author. Van Belle creates a definition of science fiction based on the creative ideals expressed by these authors and compared to those that arise from the academic perspective, showing that academics are struggling to engage one of the two central ideals of the genre.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Between Science and Society
  3. Series
  4. Between Science and Society: Charting the Space of Science Fiction
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1
  10. The Interviews
  11. Chapter 2
  12. Kevin J. Anderson
  13. Chapter 3
  14. Steven Barnes
  15. Chapter 4
  16. Greg Bear
  17. Chapter 5
  18. Gregory Benford
  19. Chapter 6
  20. Ben Bova
  21. Chapter 7
  22. David Brin
  23. Chapter 8
  24. Brenda Cooper
  25. Chapter 9
  26. Stephen R. Donaldson
  27. Chapter 10
  28. Eric Flint
  29. Chapter 11
  30. David Gerrold
  31. Chapter 12
  32. Joe Haldeman
  33. Chapter 13
  34. Ian Irvine
  35. Chapter 14
  36. Nancy Kress
  37. Chapter 15
  38. Jack McDevitt
  39. Chapter 16
  40. Rebecca Moesta
  41. Chapter 17
  42. Simon Morden
  43. Chapter 18
  44. Larry Niven
  45. Chapter 19
  46. Robert J. Sawyer
  47. Chapter 20
  48. Karl Schroeder
  49. Chapter 21
  50. Melinda Snodgrass
  51. Chapter 22
  52. Stephen Michael (S. M.) Sterling
  53. Chapter 23
  54. Charles Stross
  55. Chapter 24
  56. Vernor Vinge
  57. Chapter 25
  58. Connie Willis
  59. Chapter 26
  60. Charting the Space of Science Fiction
  61. Chapter 27
  62. Storytelling as the Essential, Defining Element of Science Fiction
  63. Chapter 28
  64. Science as the Rules of the Game
  65. Chapter 29
  66. The Science Fiction Community and a Sketch of the Science Fiction Ecosystem
  67. Chapter 30
  68. The Academic Implications of How the Creators of Science Fiction Define Science Fiction
  69. References
  70. Index
  71. About the Author