Different Engines

Mark Brake

Original title: Different engines

earliest edition we have, 2007 Macmillan, 2007 hardcover 250 pages

"The symbiosis of science and science fiction shapes what we see, do and dream." "Since its emergence in the 17th century, science fiction (SF) has been a sustained, coherent and subversive check on the promises and pitfalls of science. In their turn, invention and discovery have forced fiction writers to confront the nature and limits of reality. Different Engines is the first trade book to explore how this fascinat...

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Different Engines edition · 2008 · Palgrave Macmillan · 9781281283795
Different Engines hardcover · 2007 · Macmillan · 250 pages · 9780230019805
Different Engines edition · 2007 · Palgrave Macmillan · 9780230553972

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