Astrofuturism: Science, Race, and Visions of Utopia in Space

De Witt Douglas Kilgore

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2003

Astrofuturism

Science, Race, and Visions of Utopia in Space

De Witt Douglas Kilgore

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812200669

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About this book

"This is an exceptionally innovative and potentially invaluable exploration of a major cultural phenomenon of our epoch."—H. Bruce Franklin, Rutgers University

Author / Editor information

De Witt Douglas Kilgore teaches English at Indiana University.

Reviews

"This is an exceptionally innovative and potentially invaluable exploration of a major cultural phenomenon of our epoch."—H. Bruce Franklin, Rutgers University

"Strongly recommended to anyone interested in science fiction, American studies, popular culture, and, of course, utopianism. It is well written, clearly arranged, and blessedly free from jargon. It provides a solid scholarly overview of the origins and development of astrofuturism, offers fresh perspectives on the work of many of the central figures in that movement, and does much to suggest that it may well be in the ongoing astrofuturist fiction that the most significant new formulation of utopian possibilities will be found."—Utopian Studies

"Kilgore demonstrates not only how to read nonfiction with the same analytic eye as one reads fiction but also how to read all texts without the cultural filter of whiteness as the default perceptual mode."—Science Fiction Studies

"A valuable scholarly survey of perhaps the most visible strand of futurist thought and its political variations, from capitalist exploitation to racial harmony in outer space."—Future Survey

"Kilgore is interested in the gender and race of the space travelers and settlers, the the politics behind the journeys, and the utopian idealism asserted for space travel. . . . The book is excellent as intellectual history."—Choice

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: The Wonderful Dream Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Knocking on Heaven's Door: David Lasser and the First Conquest of Space Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
2. An Empire in Space: Europe and America as Science Fact Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
3. Building a Space Frontier: Robert A. Heinlein and the American Tradition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
4. Will There Always Be an England? Arthur C. Clarke's New Eden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
5. The Domestication of Space: Gerard K. O'Neill's Suburban Diaspora Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
6. Ben Bova: Race, Nation, and Renewal on the High Frontier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
7. On Mars and Other Heterotopias: A Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 304
Illustrations
- Other: 5 illus.
Keywords: Cultural Studies; American History; American Studies; Literature

eBook

Published: August 3, 2010
ISBN: 9780812200669