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Science Fiction and Computing: Essays on Interlinked Domains

David L. Ferro & Eric G. Swedin

First published 2011
Publisher McFarland & Company
Format Trade Paperback
Type Nonfiction
Pages 317
Price $40.00
ISBN 9780786445653

This is an anthology of non-fiction essays, with Ferro and Swedin as the editors.
Howard Tayler is misattributed as "Howard Taylor" for his essay and for the accompanying illustration.
Cover image (c) 2011 Blend Images (no specific artist credited)

Year Reviewer Publication
2012 Christopher Leslie SFRA Review, #300 Spring 2012

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Introduction (Science Fiction and Computing: Essays on Interlinked Domains) David L. Ferro Essay
13 Technology's Other Storytellers: Science Fiction as History of Technology Thomas Haigh Essay
38 Computers in Science Fiction: Anxiety and Anticipation Chris Pak Essay
54 Murray Leinster and "A Logic Named Joe" Eric G. Swedin & David L. Ferro Essay
68 Atorox, Finnish Fictional Robot with a Changing Personality in the Late 1940s Jaakko Suominen Essay
83 Computer Science on the Planet Krypton Gary Westfahl Essay
95 Manned Space Flight and Artificial Intelligence: "Natural" Trajectories of Technology Paul E. Ceruzzi Essay
117 "That Does Not Compute": The Brittleness Bottleneck and the Problem of Semantics in Science Fiction Lisa Nocks Essay
131 "Hello, Computer": The Interplay of Star Trek and Modern Computing Joshua Cuneo Essay
148 Turn off the Gringo Machine! The "Electronic Brain" and Cybernetic Imaging in Brazilian Cinema Alfredo Suppia Essay
167 A (Brave New) World Is More Than a Few Gizmos Crammed Together: Science Fiction and Cyberculture Thierry Bardini Essay
189 True Risks? The Pleasures and Perils of Cyberspace Janet Abbate Essay
205 Science Fiction as Myth: Cultural Logic in Gibson's Neuromancer R. C. Alvarado Essay
214 Creating a Techno-Mythology for a New Age: The Production History of The Lawnmower Man David A. Kirby Essay
230 Embodiment, Emotion, and Moral Experience: The Human and the Machine in Film Hunter Heyck Essay
249 "Predicting the Present": Overclocking Doctorow's Overclocked Graham J. Murphy Essay
264 "Low on Milk. I Love You!" Howard Taylor Essay
273 Nanotechnology Tomorrows: Nanocritters and Other Tiny Things in Science Fiction Richard L. McKinney Essay
289 Imagining the Omniscient Computer David Toomey Essay