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title	:	Storm Warnings : Science Fiction Confronts the Future Alternatives
author	:	Slusser, George Edgar.
publisher	:	Southern Illinois University Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0809313766
print isbn13	:	9780809313761
ebook isbn13	:	9780585186511
language	:	English
subject	Science fiction, American--History and criticism--Congresses, Future in literature--Congresses, Science fiction, English--History and criticism--Congresses, Orwell, George,--1903-1950.--Nineteen eighty-four--Congresses.
publication date	:	1987
lcc	:	PS374.F86S86 1987eb
ddc	:	813/.0876/09
subject	:	Science fiction, American--History and criticism--Congresses, Future in literature--Congresses, Science fiction, English--History and criticism--Congresses, Orwell, George,--1903-1950.--Nineteen eighty-four--Congresses.

Page ii ALTERNATIVES is a series under the general editorship of Eric S. Rabkin, Martin H. Greenberg, and Joseph D. Olander which has been established to serve the growing critical audience of science fiction, fantastic fiction, and speculative fiction. Other titles in this series are: Bridges to Science Fiction, edited by George E. Slusser, George R. Guffey, and Mark Rose, 1980 The Science Fiction of Mark Clifton, edited by Barry N. Malzberg and Martin H. Greenberg, 1980 Fantastic Lives: Autobiographical Essays by Notable Science Fiction Writers, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, 1981 Astounding Science Fiction: July 1939, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, 1981 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: April 1965, edited by Edward L. Ferman, 1981 The Fantastic Stories of Cornell Woolrich, edited by Charles G. Waugh and Martin H. Greenberg, 1981 The Best Science Fiction of Arthur Conan Doyle, edited by Charles G. Waugh and Martin H. Greenberg, 1981 Bridges to Fantasy, edited by George E. Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin, and Robert Scholes, 1982 The End of the World, edited by Eric S. Rabkin, Martin H. Greenberg, and Joseph D. Olander, 1983 No Place Else: Explorations in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction, edited by Eric S. Rabkin, Martin H. Greenberg, and Joseph D. Olander, 1983 Coordinates: Placing Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by George E. Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin, and Robert Scholes, 1983 Shadows of the Magic Lamp: Fantasy and Science Fiction in Film, edited by George E. Slusser and Eric S. Rabkin, 1985 Hard Science Fiction, edited by George E. Slusser and Eric S. Rabkin, 1986

Page iii Storm Warnings Science Fiction Confronts the Future Edited by George E. Slusser Colin Greenland and Eric S. Rabkin Southern Illinois University Press Carbondale and Edwardsville

Page iv Copyright 1987 by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Edited by Carol Pierman Designed by Quentin Fiore Production supervised by Natalia Nadraga 90 89 88 87 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Storm warnings. (Alternatives) Includes index. 1. Science fiction, AmericanHistory and criticism Congresses. 2. Future in literatureCongresses. 3. Science fiction, EnglishHistory and criticism Congresses. 4. Orwell, George, 19031950. Nineteen eighty-fourCongresses. I. Slusser, George Edgar. II. Greenland, Colin, 1954 . III. Rabkin, Eric S. IV. Series. PS374.F86S86 1987 813'.0876'09 86-26111 ISBN 0-8093-1376-6 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.

Page v To Jean-Pierre Barricelli without whom the Eaton Conference would not exist

Page vii CONTENTS Introduction: Science Fiction Confronts the Future George E. Slusser, Colin Greenland, and Eric S. Rabkin ix Part 1 Originating the Future Storm Warnings and Dead Zones: Imagination and the Future George E. Slusser 3 Origins of Futuristic Fiction: Felix Bodin's Novel of the Future Paul Alkon 21 Anticipating the Past: The Time Riddle in Science Fiction Marie-Hlne Huet 34 The Thing of Shapes to Come: Science Fiction as Anatomy of the Future Howard V. Hendrix 43 Knowing the Unknown: Heinlein, Lem, and the Future Bradford Lyau 55 Reactionary Utopias Gregory Benford 73 Media, Messages, and Myths: Three Fictionists for the Near Future Jos Manuel Mota 84

Page viii Part 2 Orwell: An Interim Report Coming Up on 1984 Frederik Pohl 97

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