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- 9781612424019
- Publication Year
- 2019
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- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Trope-Ing the Light Fantastic: the Science Behind the Fiction
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- 229mm
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- Phonix Rider
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- Romance
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- Books
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- 535g
- Number of Pages
- 366 Pages
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A must-have for every science-fiction writer. Edward M. Lerner has produced the best-ever guide to putting the science in science fiction, and he's done it with clarity, wit, and panache. A terrific book -- I'm recommending it to all my colleagues, and to all those who hope someday to be professional SF writers. -- Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Quantum Night I am entertained and enlightened. --Larry Niven, author of Ringworld A great source book for SF writers. --Bud Sparhawk, author of Distant Seas This is a book which covers a huge number of topics well and provides great scientific and science fictional stimulation. --Dave Truesdale, Tangent Online ... Worth your time, your money, and your consideration, whether you're interested in accessible science, looking to understand trends in science fiction, or--optimally--both. -- Trevor Quachri, editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact (excerpted from his guest foreword to the book) Men have walked on the Moon. Siri and Alexa manage--at least often enough to be helpful--to make sense of the things we say. Biologists have decoded DNA, and doctors have begun to tailor treatments to suit our individual genetic make-ups. In short: science and tech happen. But faster-than-light travel? Time travel? Telepathy? A six million dollar--as adjusted, of course, for inflation--man? Starfaring aliens? Super-intelligent computers? Those, surely, are mere fodder for storytelling. Or wild extrapolations. Just so many sci fi tropes. Sometimes, yes. But not necessarily. In Trope-ing the Light Fantastic, physicist, computer engineer, science popularizer, and award-winning science-fiction author Edward M. Lerner entertainingly examines these and many other SF tropes. The science behind the fiction. Each chapter, along with its eminently accessible scientific discussion, surveys science-fiction--foundational and modern, in short and long written form, on TV and the big screen--that illustrates a particular trope. The good, the bad, and occasionally the cringe-worthy. All imparted with wit (and ample references to learn more). So forget what the Wizard of Oz advised. Let's pull back the curtain...
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Trope-Ing the Light Fantastic: the Science Behind the Fiction
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English
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2019
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