{"product_id":"science-fiction-and-anticipation-bernard-montoneri-9781666918137","title":"Science Fiction and Anticipation: Utopias, Dystopias and Time Travel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eScience Fiction and Anticipation: Utopias, Dystopias and Time Travel\u003c\/i\u003e presents ten chapters discussing themes related to time travel, utopias, and dystopias in science fiction novels published in America and Europe between the 18th and 20th century. These themes include social progress, freedom and human rights, technological advances, and the issues of ethics, racism, sexism, censorship, and slavery. The contributors analyze novels such as \u003ci\u003eThe Year 2440\u003c\/i\u003e published in 1771, \u003ci\u003eParis in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e written by Jules Verne, \u003ci\u003eBlake; or, The Huts of America\u003c\/i\u003e by Martin Robinson Delany, \u003ci\u003eThe Amphibian Man\u003c\/i\u003e by Alexander Belyaev, \u003ci\u003eHeart of a Dog \u003c\/i\u003eby Mikhail Bulgakov, \u003ci\u003e Ashes, Ashes \u003c\/i\u003eby René Barjavel, \u003ci\u003eThe Machine Stops \u003c\/i\u003eby E. M. Forster, \u003ci\u003eMorel's Invention\u003c\/i\u003e by Adolfo Bioy Casares, and writers of Spanish, Argentinian, English, and French fictions such as George Orwell, Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg and Leopoldo Antonio Lugones Argüello. This book notably presents their sources and influence, the accuracy of their predictions, and their relevance in our very unstable world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernard Montoneri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 166691813X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781666918137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Bernard Montoneri","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44123351482623,"sku":"9781666918137","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d21a742-6c8a-4b01-abba-e31996dae6c2.jpg?v=1687430393","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/science-fiction-and-anticipation-bernard-montoneri-9781666918137","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}