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Psience Fiction : The Paranormal in Science Fiction Literature - Damien Broderick

Psience Fiction

The Paranormal in Science Fiction Literature

By: Damien Broderick

eBook | 11 May 2018

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Science fiction has often been considered the literature of futuristic technology: fantastic warfare among the stars or ruinous apocalypses on Earth. The last century, however, saw, through John W. Campbell, the introduction of "psience fiction," which explores such themes of mental powers as telepathy, precognition of the future, teleportation, etc.--and symbolic machines that react to such forces.

The author surveys this long-ignored literary shift through a series of influential novels and short stories published between the 1930s and the present. This discussion is framed by the sudden surge of interest in parapsychology and its absorption not only into the SF genre, but also into the real world through military experiments such as the Star Gate Program.

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Non-FictionMind, Body, SpiritPsychic Powers & Psychic PhenomenaLiterature, Poetry & PlaysHistory & Criticism of LiteratureLiterary Studies of FictionScienceScience in GeneralPhilosophy of Science

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