Generation Starship in Science Fiction

Simone Caroti is the course director of Science Fiction and Fantasy for the Creative Writing BFA at Full Sail University. He is a senior research scientist for the Astrosociology Research Institute (ARI), a nonprofit organization devoted to bringing the arts, humanities and social sciences into the debate on the future of humanity in space.

• Table of ContentsPreface      Introduction: Death and Rebirth of a Dream      1. Fathers      2. The Gernsback Era, 1926–1940      3. The Campbell Era, 1937–1949      4. The Birth of the Space Age, 1946–1957      5. The New Wave and Beyond, 1957–1979      6. The Information Age, 1980–2001      Conclusion. Trip’s End?      Appendix. The Generation Starship: A Chronological Bibliography      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

“strongly recommended”—Midwest Book Review; “explores the multigenerational interstellar space voyage in science fiction from its first filmic appearance to the 21st century. The history of the generation starship is viewed as a reflection of the political, historical and cultural context of the genre’s development”—CBQ.