Edward M. Lerner
Trope-ing the Light Fantastic
The Science Behind the Fiction
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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 NightI am entertained and enlightened.-Larry Niven, author of RingworldA great source book for SF writers.-Bud Sparhawk, author of Distant SeasThis is a book which covers a huge number of topics well and provides great scientific and science fictional stimulation.-Dave Truesdale,…
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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 NightI am entertained and enlightened.-Larry Niven, author of RingworldA great source book for SF writers.-Bud Sparhawk, author of Distant SeasThis 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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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-61242-401-9
- EAN: 9781612424019
- Produktnummer: 31672313
- Verlag: Phoenix Rider
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 366 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.1 cm 562 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 562
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