Research Catalog

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Description

1. 1 online resource (261 pages)

Uniform title

1. Imagining urban futures (Online)

Alternative title

1. Imagining urban futures (Online)

Subject

1. Cities and towns in literature
2. Science fiction, American > History and criticism

Contents

1. Techno city; or, Dude, where's my aircar? -- Machines for breathing -- Migratory cities -- Utopia with walls: the carceral city -- Crabgrass chaos -- Soylent Green is people! varieties of urban crisis -- Keep out, you idiots! the deserted city -- Market and mosaic -- Afterword: Cities that will work.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index (pages [247]-261).

Access (note)

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Author

1. Abbott, Carl, 1944-

Title

1. Imagining urban futures [electronic resource] : cities in science fiction and what we might learn from them / Carl Abbott.

Imprint

1. Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2016]

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index (pages [247]-261).

Access

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

1. Available from home with a valid library card
2. Available onsite at NYPL

LCCN

1. 2016027493