claire_e_mck's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
litprof's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
4.5
Clear, smart, informative, helpful overview of science fiction. I assigned it in a master's seminar on AI in SF, and the students responded very well.
cythera15's review
5.0
Wow, I've actually learned so much from reading this book. I started reading this book just so that I can be more prepared to teach a course on science fiction next term. But I am now genuinely interested in pursuing sf as my dissertation topic. Vint explores the history of "sf" (both science and speculative), how the genre changed and grew over time, and gives a lot of interesting theoretical tools to think about the ways that science fiction affects our understanding of the world, ideology, and even the notion of literature/fiction itself. I am thrilled to go read the works that she analyzes/summarizes in this book. Yay!!
elysareadsitall's review against another edition
4.0
This book was informative and interesting. Vint does a great job of discussing a good mix of movies and TV. This book is not a book of recommendations. Instead, Vint explores the themes of sci-fi and how it reflects and predicts society.
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