A Century of Science Fiction. (cover story)

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  • Author(s): Sterling, Bruce
  • Source:
    TIME Magazine. 3/29/1999, Vol. 153 Issue 12, p200. 3p. 4 Color Photographs, 5 Black and White Photographs.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      LITERARY criticism; SCIENCE fiction; 20TH century history; LITERATURE & science; SCIENCE & civilization
    • Abstract:
      Discusses science fiction as a twentieth century art form. Comparison with jazz; Predictions in science fiction; Comparison with the United States Congress' Office of Technology Assessment, abolished in the mid-1990s; Professional corporate futurology; Seeing society through science fiction; Science fiction's saga; Power of Aldous Huxley and George Orwell; Other prominent science fiction writers, such as J.G. Ballard and Robert A. Heinlein. INSET: What the Experts Predicted.