Review Quotes Alexander Star The New York Times Disch is an eloquent storyteller and polemicist. An illuminating look at the art of science fiction (with a practitioners insight into craft), as well as a work of pointed literary and cultural criticism, The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of reveals how this pulp genre has captured the popular imagination while transforming the physical and social world in which we live. Disch analyzes science fictions impact on technological innovation, fashion, lifestyle, military strategy, the media, and much more. In an uncompromising, often irreverent survey of the genre from Edgar Allan Poe to Philip K.
Book Synopsis From one of science fictions most acclaimed novelists comes this engrossing journey through the books, movies, and television programs that have shaped our perspective of both the present and the future. About the Book A popular insider offers a fascinating history of science fiction filled with provocative critiques, tidbits, and insights that reveal much about our cultural and literary history.
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