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The Future of Science Fiction

Year

2016

Language

ENGLISH

Duration

30m

Rating

TVPG

Written By

Gary Wolfe

Publication Information

The Great Courses

Summary

Consider how science fiction may be evolving in the future, as this genre is gaining popularity, acknowledgement, and recognition as an art form worthy of literary respect. Science fiction writers are topping the best-seller lists, and many works of literary fiction now seamlessly weave in elements that half a century ago would have been dismissed as science fiction.

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