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Since its emergence in the 17th century, science fiction has been a sustained, coherent and subversive check on the promises and pitfalls of science. In their turn, invention and discovery have forced fiction writers to confront the nature and limits of reality. This book explores how this symbiosis shapes what we see, do and dream.Hook, Neil is the author of 'Different Engines How Science Drives Fiction and Fiction Drives Science', published 2007 under ISBN 9780230019805 and ISBN 0230019803.
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