In the mid 1900s the future felt imminent amid ideas of potential space travel. This led many people to begin to imagine what a social future could look like. Using Science Fiction as a vessel, many ...

To increase access to the fan culture that was integral to the rise of science fiction in the 20th century, the University of Iowa Libraries is digitizing 10,000 fanzines. The project, announced last ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Fans of science fiction offer an unusual opportunity to study that rare bird—a “public” view of science in history. Of course science fiction ...