Meda: a Tale of the Future

Meda: a Tale of the Future
Author: Kenneth Folingsby
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2020-12-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

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Meda

Meda
Author: Kenneth Folingsby
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2019
Genre:
ISBN: 9780243637089

Meda

Meda
Author: Kenneth Folingsby
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2017-12-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780484425629

Excerpt from Meda: A Tale of the Future Meda: a Tale of the Future, was written during the year 1888. Some friends having seen the ms. Expressed a desire to have printed copies. To gratify the wishes of these indulgent readers this little book has been printed. If a copy should by chance fall into the hands of any outside friendship's pale. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Nature of Tomorrow

The Nature of Tomorrow
Author: Michael Rawson
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2021-11-16
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0300262779

An examination of how Western visions of endless future growth have contributed to the global environmental crisis For centuries, the West has produced stories about the future in which humans use advanced science and technology to transform the earth. Michael Rawson uses a wide range of works that include Francis Bacon’s New Atlantis, the science fiction novels of Jules Verne, and even the speculations of think tanks like the RAND Corporation to reveal the environmental paradox at the heart of these narratives: the single-minded expectation of unlimited growth on a finite planet. Rawson shows how these stories, which have long pervaded Western dreams about the future, have helped to enable an unprecedentedly abundant and technology-driven lifestyle for some while bringing the threat of environmental disaster to all. Adapting to ecological realities, he argues, hinges on the ability to create new visions of tomorrow that decouple growth from the idea of progress.

Borderland

Borderland
Author: William Thomas Stead
Publisher:
Total Pages: 608
Release: 1893
Genre: Parapsychology
ISBN:

Max Nettlau’s Utopian Vision

Max Nettlau’s Utopian Vision
Author:
Publisher: Anthem Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2023-04-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1785279173

Max Nettlau’s Utopian Vision gives a historically grounded presentation of the entire literature of utopianism. Nettlau shows an encyclopedic knowledge of the subject. He passionately believes that the value of utopian thinking and class struggle should not be underestimated as utopian desire exists in all of us. Utopian thinking, according to Nettlau, stimulates the imagination and awakens the desire to attain a better life for everyone. Without it, human progress is impossible.

The Stuff of Science Fiction

The Stuff of Science Fiction
Author: Gary Westfahl
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2022-09-27
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1476646953

While students and general readers typically cannot relate to esoteric definitions of science fiction, they readily understand the genre as a literature that characteristically deals with subjects such as new inventions, space, robot and aliens. This book looks at science fiction in precisely this manner, with twenty-one chapters that each deal with a subject that is repeatedly addressed in science fiction of recent centuries. Based on a packet of original essays that the author assembled for his classes, the book could serve as a supplemental textbook in science fiction classes, but also contains material of interest to science fiction scholars and others devoted to the genre. In some cases, chapters offer thorough surveys of numerous works involving certain subjects, such as imagined vehicles, journeys beneath the Earth and undersea adventures, discovering intriguing patterns in the ways that various writers developed their ideas. When comprehensive coverage of ubiquitous topics such as robots, aliens and the planet Mars is impossible, chapters focus on major themes referencing selected texts. A conclusion discusses other science fiction subjects that were omitted for various reasons, and a bibliography lists additional resources for the study of science fiction in general and the topics of each chapter.