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Brian Aldiss «The Shape of Further Things: Speculation on Change»


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The Shape of Further Things: Speculation on Change

Язык издания: английский

London: Corgi Books, 1976 г.

Серия: Corgi SF Collector

Тираж: не указан

ISBN: 0-552-09533-8

Тип обложки: мягкая

Формат: другой

Страниц: 208

Описание:

«We are infinitely rich, yet we mess about with penny-in-the-slot machines» writes Brian W. Aldiss in this autobiographical work written over the course of one month. From his Oxfordshire home, he ruminates on dreams, education, the role of technology in our lives and the rise and function of science fiction and a variety of other topics.

Cover artist is not credited.

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  1. Brian W. Aldiss. The Shape of Further Things: Speculation on Change

    1. Introduction, с. 9-11
    2. Chapter One. A Fantastic Vision After Midnight, с. 13-23
    3. Chapter Two. The Education of H.G. Wells, с. 24-29
    4. Chapter Three. Sleep, Dreams, and the Somnolent Computer, с. 30-45
    5. Chapter Four. Baden-Powell and the Neanderthals, с. 46-50
    6. Chapter Five. Science Fiction: From 'Modern Boy' to 'Little Boy', с. 51-68
    7. Chapter Six. An Alligator in a Dog's Embrace, с. 69-78
    8. Chapter Seven. The Dreams of Twickenham (and Wandsworth), с. 79-88
    9. Chapter Eight. The Imaginary Life and Death of Telepathy, с. 89-92
    10. Chapter Nine. Fifties SF and the Alien-As-Human, с. 93-99
    11. Chapter Ten. Piranesi Unchained, с. 100-104
    12. Chapter Eleven. An SF Convention in the Fifties, с. 105-111
    13. Chapter Twelve. How I Ran Through An Empire - And Was Better For It, с. 112-116
    14. Chapter Thirteen. A Perfect Posited Image of This Book, с. 117-124
    15. Chapter Fourteen. A Cartographic Amis and Sixties SF, с. 125-131
    16. Chapter Fifteen. New Worlds and SF Horizons of the Sixties, с. 132-141
    17. Chapter Sixteen. Automation versus Fact-Free Education, с. 142-149
    18. Chapter Seventeen. Christie and the New Fantasy-Dramas, с. 150-161
    19. Chapter Eighteen. M.E.R.O.'s Sinai Project, 1957-1970, с. 162-168
    20. Chapter Nineteen. Conformity and the Everlasting Cornflake, с. 169-175
    21. Post-Lunar Postscript, с. 177-185
    22. Appendix I. Dr. Christopher Evans. Sleeping and Dreaming - a new, 'functional' theory, c. 187-195
    23. Appendix II. H.C. Bennet-Clark, C.R. Evans. Fragmentation of Pattern Targets when Viewed as prolonged After-Images, c. 197-200
    24. Appendix III. Dr. C.R. Evans, Miss M. Longden, E.A. Newman, B.E. Pay. Auditory 'Stabilized Images'; Fragmentation and Distortion of Words with Repeated Presentation, c. 201-204
    25. Appendix IV. Destabilized Versions of Two Poems, c. 205-205
    26. Appendix V. For 'The Reading Public', c. 206-206

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