The future of prediction: speculating on William Gibson's meta-science-fiction

Ever since famed science fiction (SF) author Ursula Le Guin insisted that SF is ‘not about the future’ but rather ‘about the present’, critics of SF narratives have largely rejected the genre's popularly held associations with the function of ‘prediction’. Recent celebration of ex-cyberpunk Wil...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Briggs, Robert
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38578