{"product_id":"scotland-in-space-deborah-scott-9781999333157","title":"Scotland in Space: Creative Visions and Critical Reflections on Scotland's Space Futures","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith a foreword from Ken MacLeod\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributions from: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePippa Goldschmidt\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLaura Lam\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRussell Jones\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAlastair Bruce\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSean McMahon\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eElsa Bouet\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBeth Biller\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTacye Phillipson\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCatherine Heymans\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMatjaz Vidmar\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAfterword from Colin R McInnes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eScotland has big plans for its space industry in the next decade: opening Europe's first orbital spaceport, expanding further its satellite research and manufacturing industry, and developing a  4 billion space industry by 2030. Astronomy and Astrophysics have been important fields of study in Scottish universities since the eighteenth century, and world-leading research continues to be produced here today. And in contemporary Scottish literature, science-fiction writing is flourishing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScotland in Space: Creative Visions and Critical Reflections on Scotland's Space Futures\u003c\/em\u003e brings together these three strands to generate dialogues between literary authors, natural and social scientists and scholars working in the humanities, to envision some of Scotland's potential space futures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book comprises three sections, in each of which an original piece of science fiction is accompanied by essays that respond to the ideas the story evokes. The essays, written by specialist scholars and practitioners working closely with the literary authors, identify, explore and comment upon the physical, social and cultural possibilities and potentials evoked in the science fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese cross-disciplinary discussions speculate about the ways in which research and innovation currently taking place in Scotland might change our sense of the possible futures of this country, this world and, perhaps, other worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deborah Scott, Ken MacLeod\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1999333152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781999333157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Curiosity Shop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d","brand":"Deborah Scott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46070330392831,"sku":"9781999333157","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e5d444e7-6351-45d5-a19f-2f5564791a92.jpg?v=1724242941","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scotland-in-space-deborah-scott-9781999333157","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}