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fax +39 02.58.45.98.96
rights@alphatest.it
Alpha Test® | November 2007
ISBN 978-88-483-0890-8
192 pp | € 11,50
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The book at a glance
Robert Heinlein once said that a poorly written science fiction novel is more important for the survival of humanity than a whole shelf of well written non-sf books. This is a wonderfully written, non-science fiction book, yet wholly dedicated to this genre. Eleven chapters, more than one hundred questions (and answers!) to discover and re-discover everything you always wanted to know about aliens, space travels, artificial intelligence and so on.
Good reading!
Who wrote the John Carter of Mars saga? How come Verne and Wells argued in 1903? How many suns has the planet Lagash got? Who is the greatest sci-fi author in China? What Star Trek episode shows the Vulcanian greeting first?
Table of contents
The precursors of sci-fi – Modern sci-fi; Martians, extraterrestrials, mutants; Starships, space travels, alien worlds; Robots, AI, virtual reality; Time travels, parallel universes, and other dimensions; Future revolutions and alternative societies; Sci-fi in Italy and other non English speaking countries; Eleven masterpieces.
The author
Andrea Bernagozzi, born in Milan, is a researcher on outer planets at the Valle d’Aosta Astronomic Observatory. He has a past as historian of physics and loves collecting articles and books about science fiction. He is the co-author of Second Star to the Right (Sironi, 2009).