Beyond Tomorrow: German Science Fiction and Utopian Thought in the 20th and 21st Centuries

Ingo Cornils

doi:10.1017/9781787447974

Beyond Tomorrow

German Science Fiction and Utopian Thought in the 20th and 21st Centuries

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Ingo Cornils, University of Leeds

Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer
Online publication date:: September 2020
Print publication year:: 2020
Online ISBN:: 9781787447974
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781787447974

Subjects:: Literature, Literary Texts
Series:: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

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Shows German Science Fiction's connections with utopian thought, and how it attempts Zukunftsbewältigung: coping with an uncertain but also unwritten future.

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Beyond Tomorrow

German Science Fiction and Utopian Thought in the 20th and 21st Centuries

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Acknowledgments
pp vii-viii

Note on the Translations
pp ix-x

Introduction
pp 1-14

Part I - The Great Discourse on the Future
pp 15-16

1 - Utopians and Utopian Thought
pp 17-32

2 - Futurists and Futures Studies
pp 33-45

3 - Utopian/Dystopian Writers and Utopian/Dystopian Fiction
pp 46-60

4 - Science Fiction: The Nexus of Utopianism, Futurism, and Utopian Fiction
pp 61-74

Part II - German Science Fiction in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
pp 75-76

5 - Some Preliminary Thoughts on German Science Fiction
pp 77-83

6 - First Contact: Martians, Sentient Plants, and Swarm Intelligences
pp 84-103

7 - The Shock of the New: Mega Cities, Machines, and Rockets
pp 104-109

8 - Utopian Experiments: Island Idylls, Glass Beads, and Eugenic Nightmares
pp 110-121

9 - To the Stars! Cosmic Supermen and Bauhaus in Space
pp 122-132

10 - Visions of the End: Catastrophism and Moral Entropy
pp 133-148

11 - Virtual Realities: Caught in the Matrix
pp 149-156

12 - Alternative Histories: Into the Heart of Darkness
pp 157-169

13 - Big Brother Is Watching Us: Who Is Watching Big Brother?
pp 170-177

14 - Artificial Intelligences: The Rise of the Thinking Machines
pp 178-187

15 - Eternal Life: At What Cost?
pp 188-192

16 - Social Satires: Of Empty Slogans and Empty Hearts
pp 193-206

17 - Critical Posthumanism: Twilight of the Species or a New Dawn?
pp 207-214

18 - High Concept: Time, the Universe, and Everything
pp 215-228

Conclusion
pp 229-236

Appendix 1 - Chronological List of German SF Novels—A Selection
pp 237-238

Appendix 2 - Chronological List of German SF Films—A Selection
pp 239-240

Notes
pp 241-274

Bibliography
pp 275-314

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