Psience Fiction - The Paranormal in Science Fiction Literature

Science fiction has often been considered the literature of futuristic technology: fantastic warfare among the stars or ruinous apocalypses on Earth. The last century, however, saw, through John W. Campbell, the introduction of "psience fiction," which explores such themes of mental powers as telepathy, precognition of the future, teleportation, etc.--and symbolic machines that react to such forces.
The author surveys this long-ignored literary shift through a series of influential novels and short stories published between the 1930s and the present. This discussion is framed by the sudden surge of interest in parapsychology and its absorption not only into the SF genre, but also into the real world through military experiments such as the Star Gate Program.

About the author

Damien Broderick is an Australian writer, editor and critical theorist who lives in San Antonio, Texas.

Product details

• Authors: Damien Broderick
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781476672281
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-7228-1
• No. of pages: 244
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 313 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Science Fiction, Fantasy, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, FICTION / Fantasy / General, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Psychic powers & psychic phenomena, Impact of science & technology on society, Psychic powers and psychic phenomena, Impact of science and technology on society, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies, Clairvoyance and precognition, Clairvoyance & precognition, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form, science fiction; psience; futuristic