Science fiction at large : a collection of essays, by various hands, about the interface between science fiction and reality / edited by Peter Nicholls ; contributors, Ursula K. Le Guin [and others].
"A series of lectures delivered at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, from January to March 1975."
Contents
Introduction / Peter Nicholls -- [ch.] 1. Science fiction and Mrs. Brown / Ursula K. Le Guin -- [ch.] 2. Lateral thinking and science fiction / Edward de Bono -- [ch.] 3. Scientific thought in fiction and in fact / John Taylor -- [ch.] 4. Science fiction and the larger lunacy / John Brunner -- [ch.] 5. worlds beside worlds / Harry Harrison -- [ch.] 6. Science fiction and change / Alvin Toffler -- [ch.] 7. Inner time / Alan Garner -- [ch.] 8. The embarrassments of science fiction / Thomas M. Disch -- [ch.] 9. Science fiction: the monsters and the critics / Peter Nicholls -- [ch.] 10. The search for the marvellous / Robert Sheckley -- [ch.] 11. Man, animal, and machine / Philip K. Dick.
