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Author:

Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992.

Title:

Science fiction : vision of tomorrow? / by Isaac Asimov ; with revision and updating by Richard Hantula.

Edition:

Rev. and updated ed.

Publisher:

Gareth Stevens Pub.,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Science--Juvenile literature.
Science fiction--Juvenile literature.
Science.
Science fiction.

Other Authors:

Hantula, Richard.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 30) and index.

Contents:

Early science fiction -- Journey to worlds beyond -- Robots: machines working for humans -- Long, slow precess -- Zero gravity -- Moon of fact and fiction -- Our future in space -- Terraforming other worlds -- What lies among the stars? -- Faster than the speed of light -- Truth - More incredible that fiction -- Peaceful venture into space -- Fact file: First fiction, then fact -- More books about science fiction and space exploration -- DVDs -- Web sites -- Places to visit -- Glossary -- Index.

Summary:

Discusses early aspects of science fiction, predictions of space exploration that have come true, and the possibility of life on other worlds. Compares what writers over the centuries have written about an imaginary future with the reality revealed by time.

Series:

Isaac Asimov's 21st century library of the universe. Fact and fantasy
Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992. Isaac Asimov's 21st century library of the universe. Fact and fantasy.

ISBN:

9780836839524 (lib. bdg.)
0836839528 (lib. bdg.)

LCCN:

2004048169

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

XBPE737 -- Lied Public Library - Clarinda (Clarinda)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

ROPA397 -- Jamaica Public Library (Jamaica) — J 500 ASI

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)