These 17 original essays, written for the sixth Eaton Conference on Fantasy and Science Fiction, explore the uses, origins, and forms of future fiction. The contributors are George E. Slusser, Paul Alkon, Marie-Helene Huet, Howard V. Hendrix, Bradford Lyau, Gregory Benford, Jose Manuel Mota, Frederik Pohl, George Hay, Colin Greenland, John Huntington, Elizabeth Maslen, W. M. S. and Claire Russell, T. A. Shippey, Kenneth V. Bailey, Gary Kern, and Frank McConnell.The essays address the question Do we call up images of future societies in order to prepare for them, or to forestall their ever coming into existence? "
- ISBN10 0585186510
- ISBN13 9780585186511
- Publish Date December 1987 (first published 1 April 1987)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Southern Illinois University Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 283
- Language English