Introduction
- Introduction to the Special Issue on Science Fiction and Futures Studies
Tom Lombardo & José M. Ramos
(pp. 1 – 4)
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Articles
- Science Fiction: The Evolutionary Mythology of the Future
Tom Lombardo
(pp. 5-24)
Abstract | View PDF - What in the World? Storyworlds, Science Fiction, and Futures Studies
Peter von Stackelberg & Alex McDowell
(pp.25-46)
Abstract | View PDF - Chasing Black Swans through Science Fiction: Surprising Future Events in the Stories of a Finnish Writing Competition
Toni Ahlqvist & Tuomo Uotila & Olli Hietanen
(pp. 47-66)
Abstract | View PDF - Science Fiction and Bodies of the Future: Alternative Gender Realities in Hollywood Cinema
Rocío Carrasco & Mercedes García Ordaz & Francisco José Martínez López
(pp. 67-80 )
Abstract |View PDF - Forcing the Design of Fictional Futures: From Theory to Cases Implementation
Patrick Corsi
(pp. 81-104 )
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Essay
- Impact Assessment and Science Fiction: Complementary Ways to Ask “What happens if…?” and the Delineation of a New Sub-genre
Ruth-Ellen L. Miller
(pp.105-112 )
Introduction | View PDF - Imagining the Impossible: The Shifting Role of Utopian Thought in Civic Planning, Science Fiction, and Futures Studies
Paul Graham Raven
(pp.113-122 )
Introduction | View PDF - Olaf Stapledon: Personal Reflections on Cosmic Inspiration from a Pioneering Visionary
Oliver Markley
(pp.123-132 )
Introduction | View PDF - The Wrath of Gaia vs. the Second Coming of Science: Beyond Interstellar’s Dualistic Narrative
José M. Ramos
(pp. 133-140)
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Book Review
- Wellspring of Optimism, a Review of “Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future”
Lynda Sampson
(pp. 141 – 144)
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