Psience Fiction

The Paranormal in Science Fiction Literature

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Science Fiction, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Occult, ESP, New Age
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Author: Damien Broderick ISBN: 9781476631974
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Publication: May 12, 2018
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Damien Broderick
ISBN: 9781476631974
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication: May 12, 2018
Imprint:
Language: English

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.

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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.

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