Publication: The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World

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Publication: The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the WorldPublication Record # 122581
Author: Thomas M. Disch
Date: 2000-07-00
ISBN: 0-684-85978-5 [978-0-684-85978-1]
Publisher: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster
Price:
$13.00^?$: US dollar
Pages: 256
Format:
tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
Type: NONFICTION
Notes:
- First Touchstone edition 2000
- Month from Locus1
- First printing by number line 10—1
- The book is divided into chapters, but those were also published as separate essays and can be read as such.
- Contains an index (pp. 243-256).
- Cover design by Stark Design
- Cover photographs: Top; The Grainger Collection. Bottom; Mary Evans Picture Library.
- $19.25 in Canada
- Printed in the US
- LCCN on copyright page
External IDs:
- LCCN: 97-52068
- OCLC/WorldCat: 726300766

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Nonfiction Title: The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of • (1998) • nonfiction by Thomas M. Disch

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

1 • Introduction (The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of) • (1998) • essay by Thomas M. Disch
15 • The Right to Lie • (1998) • essay by Thomas M. Disch
32 • Poe, Our Embarrassing Ancestor • (1998) • essay by Thomas M. Disch
57 • From the Earth to the Moon — In 101 Years • (1998) • essay by Thomas M. Disch
78 • How Science Fiction Defused the Bomb • (1998) • essay by Thomas M. Disch
97 • Star Trek, or the Future as a Lifestyle • (1998) • essay by Thomas M. Disch
115 • Can Girls Play Too? Feminizing Science Fiction • (1998) • essay by Thomas M. Disch
137 • When You Wish Upon a Star — Science Fiction as a Religion • (1998) • essay by Thomas M. Disch
163 • Republicans on Mars — Science Fiction as Military Strategy • (1998) • essay by Thomas M. Disch
185 • The Third World and Other Alien Nations • (1998) • essay by Thomas M. Disch
208 • The Future of an Illusion — Science Fiction Beyond the Year 2000 • (1998) • essay by Thomas M. Disch
227 • Notes and References (The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of) • (1998) • essay by Thomas M. Disch
241 • Acknowledgements (The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of) • (1998) • essay by Thomas M. Disch

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