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Name: Science fiction
Author: Heather Masri

This anthology brings together a range of science‑fiction stories written by both classic and contemporary authors, spanning the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty‑first centuries. Stories are grouped thematically around motifs such as alien encounters, artificial life, time travel, utopias and dystopias, disasters and apocalypses, and evolutionary speculation. Each selection is paired with contextual documents that illuminate the scholarly, theoretical, and historical currents that have shaped the development of the genre.

First publish date: 2009

Genre: History/Modern History

Authors: Heather Masri

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