Sci-Fi History Part II: History Repeats Itself
In this post I offer a quick review of Science Fiction: A Literary History, and dive into two interesting themes: techno-anxiety and reacting to the zeitgeist.
Science Fiction history of ideas, Industrial Revolution, progress, Roger Luckhurst, science fiction, techno-anxiety, zeitgeist
In this post I offer a quick review of Science Fiction: A Literary History, and dive into two interesting themes: techno-anxiety and reacting to the zeitgeist.
Science Fiction production, progress, work
I talked about the theme of progress and production in my review of R.U.R. Here, I unpack that theme a bit more.
Book Reviews dystopia, free will, freedom, human nature, Karel Capek, labour, playing God, production, progress, robots, science fiction, slavery, work
My review of the amazing R.U.R., the first story to make use of the word robot!
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