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Science Fiction and Computing

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The prevalence of science fiction readership among those who create and program computers is so well-known that it has become a cliché, but the phenomenon has remained largely unexplored by scholars. What role has science fiction played in the actual development of computers and computing? And likewise, how has computing (including the related fields of robotics and artificial intelligence) affected the course of science fiction? The 18 essays in this critical work explore the interrelationship of these domains over the span of more than half a century.

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David L. Ferro is an associate professor of computer science at Weber State University. He has published on both science fiction and real-world computer science. Award-winning author Eric G. Swedin is an associate professor of information systems & technologies at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah.

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Edited by David L. Ferro and Eric G. Swedin Format: softcover (6 x 9) Pages: 327 Bibliographic Info: 12 photos, notes, bibliographies, index Copyright Date: 2011 pISBN: 978-0-7864-4565-3 eISBN: 978-0-7864-8933-6 Imprint: McFarland

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Acknowledgments       vii Introduction by David L. Ferro       1

1. Technology’s Other Storytellers: Science Fiction as History of Technology THOMAS HAIGH      13 2. Computers in Science Fiction: Anxiety and Anticipation CHRIS PAK      38 3. Murray Leinster and “A Logic Named Joe” ERIC G. SWEDIN AND DAVID L. FERRO      54 4. Atorox, a Finnish Fictional Robot with a Changing Personality in the Late 1940s JAAKKO SUOMINEN      68 5. Computer Science on the Planet Krypton GARY WESTFAHL      83 6. Manned Space Flight and Artificial Intelligence: “Natural” Trajectories of Technology PAUL E. CERUZZI      95 7. “That Does Not Compute”: The Brittleness Bottleneck and the Problem of Semantics in Science Fiction LISA NOCKS      117 8. “Hello, Computer”: The Interplay of Star Trek and Modern Computing JOSHUA CUNEO      131 9. Turn Off the Gringo Machine! The “Electronic Brain” and Cybernetic Imagination in Brazilian Cinema ALFREDO SUPPIA      148 10. A (Brave New) World Is More Than a Few Gizmos Crammed Together: Science Fiction and Cyberculture THIERRY BARDINI      167 11. True Risks? The Pleasures and Perils of Cyberspace JANET ABBATE      189 12. Science Fiction as Myth: Cultural Logic in Gibson’s Neuromancer R.C. ALVARADO      205 13. Creating a Techno-Mythology for a New Age: The Production History of The Lawnmower Man DAVID A. KIRBY      214 14. Embodiment, Emotion, and Moral Experiences: The Human and the Machine in Film HUNTER HEYCK      230 15. “Predicting the Present”: Overclocking Doctorow’s Overclocked GRAHAM J. MURPHY      249 16. “Low on Milk. I Love You!” HOWARD TAYLOR      264 17. Nanotechnology Tomorrows: Nanocritters and Other Tiny Things in Science Fiction RICHARD L. MCKINNEY      273 18. Imagining the Omniscient Computer DAVID TOOMEY 289

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Eric G. Swedin is a professor in the History Department at Weber State University. His doctorate is in the history of science and technology. His publications include numerous articles, seven history books, four science fiction novels, and a historical mystery novel. His "When Angels Wept: A What-If History of the Cuban Missile Crisis" earned the 2010 Sidewise Award for best alternate history novel. Eric lives with his family in a house built in 1881. His web site is http://www.swedin.org/.

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