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Science, Technology & the Pursuit of Truth
Dr. Bob Kistler
Bethel College
 Fiction Book List on Technology and Society Implications and Interactions

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I recommend that you select one of the Modern books.  The assignment is to read the book and write a 500 word commentary on how it portrays science, technology, and truth.You may not use a book you have read previously.

I want to build this list of good "science fiction technology" books and so if you know of one then email the information to r-kistler@bethel.edu

Classics:

  • Huxley, Aldous 1932. Brave New World
  • Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Frankenstein
  • Kubrick, Stanley, 2001 A Space Odyssey

Modern:

  • Clarke, Arthur C. &Stephen Baxter 2000. The Light of Other Days
  • Dick, Philip K. 1998. Bladerunner
  • Engel, Alan 1988. Variant.
  • Gibson, William 1989. Neuromancer
  • Herbert, F. 1988. The White Plague.
  • Pellegrino, C. 1999. Dust.

Short Stories and Collections:

  • Stadler, John (Ed.)1971.  Eco-Fiction -A brilliant collection of short stories that reveals  mans' position in the environmental crisis.
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