Science Fiction as a Tool for Studying Alternatives in a Changing Society
FAIN: FB-11495-73
Patricia S. Warrick
University of Wisconsin Center, Fox Valley (Menasha, WI 54952)
An exploration of the potential of science fiction literature as a tool for studying social change, assigning values, and making choices in a technological society. The study will be limited to one aspect: the computer and the ways that cybernetics is altering our society and may alter it in the future.