"Speculative fiction that presents a possible future -- as rich, complex, and compromised as our present -- in 100 vignettes, each focusing on individual technologies or social innovations"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"An overview of how science fiction has grappled with the ways that science and technology shape and change human lives, emphasizing the challenges of the 21st century"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Anthology of original science fiction short stories, published in conjunction with the MIT Technology Review"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Tracing two centuries of rise, fall, and rebirth in the heart of downtown Detroit. Downtown Detroit is in the midst of an astonishing rebirth. Its sidewalks have become a dreamland for an aspiring creative class, filled with shoppers, office workers, and restaurant-goers. Cranes dot the skyline, replacing the wrecking balls seen there only a few years ago. But venture a few blocks in any direct…
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A new analytical framework for understanding literary videogames, the literary-ludic spectrum, illustrated by close readings of selected works.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
The collected writings of artist and filmmaker Hollis Frampton, including all the essays from the long-unavailable Circles of Confusion along with rare additional material.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Films as life lessons, enlarging our sense of human possibilities.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Mythic themes and philosophical probing in film as an art form, as seen in works of Preston Sturges, Jean Cocteau, Stanley Kubrick, and various other filmmakers. Film is the supreme medium for mythmaking. The gods and heroes of mythology are both larger than life and deeply human; they teach us about the world, and they tell us a good story. Similarly, our experience of film is both distant and…
"A Bradford book."AnnotationOCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.