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by Mark L. Brake (Author), Neil Hook (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 250 pages
  • Publisher: Macmillan Science (13 Nov 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0230019803
  • ISBN-13: 978-0230019805
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.5 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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'An excellent starting point for passionate arguments on fascinating subjects.' www.asimovs.com 
 
'In Different Engines, Professor Mark Brake and Reverend Neil Hook take us on a tour of science fiction through the ages. They show how the genre extends far beyond mere entertainment and often provides a profound exploration of the interface between science and society and the impact that new technologies or discoveries, such as that of alien life, are likely to have.' - Lewis Dartnell, The Astrobiology Society of Britain


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Since its emergence in the seventeenth 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. Different Engines traces the way in which we've imagined the future.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great overview of the crossovers between science and fiction, 11 Dec 2007
By M. Griffiths (Wales) - See all my reviews
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If you want an informative, pacy book about the crossovers and influences that have focussed science and literature since the 18th century, this is it. Written in a flowing easy to read style with an injection of humour and wit, Different Engines is an ideal introduction for savants of SF, whether academics or the occasional reader, to the way both fields have exchanged information or fed directly across cultural boundaries.

Each chapter looks at a particular revolution in science or technology and examines how both fields have approached common problems and extrapolated their potential and outcomes into the larger human experience. Many of these "what if" scenarios are useful indicators of the fears of their age in addition to being a guide to some of the best literature and media dealing with the problems of those times.

I would thoroughly recommend this book.
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4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It's science, but not as we know it, 10 Dec 2007
I agree with NewScientist, 'Different Engines' is not meant to be a dry encyclopedic or academic book. The book has taken all the best bits of science fiction's speculations on science and bottled them in a book. It's a great romp, a page-turner which is meant to be thought-provoking and entertaining. It does the job very well.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good but jumbled, 12 Oct 2009
By B. Smith (Portsmouth UK) - See all my reviews
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I liked this book, however there were elements that really annoyed me, once you've been told something has happened (ie to a person, or in history) you don't need to be told again and again, however this book does, maybe it's because it's written by more than one author and possibly not reviewed very well by the publisher et al.
That said, the information itself is good, there were definitely lots of things I didn't know about with reference to science and science fiction and lots of references that gave me food for thought and a want to learn more.

Berni
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