The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made of - by Thomas M Disch (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A popular insider offers a fascinating history of science fiction filled with provocative critiques, tidbits, and insights that reveal much about our cultural and literary history.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>From one of science fiction's most acclaimed novelists comes this engrossing journey through the books, movies, and television programs that have shaped our perspective of both the present and the future. In an uncompromising, often irreverent survey of the genre from Edgar Allan Poe to Philip K. Dick to <i>Star Trek, </i> Thomas M. Disch analyzes science fiction's impact on technological innovation, fashion, lifestyle, military strategy, the media, and much more. <br> An illuminating look at the art of science fiction (with a practitioner's insight into craft), as well as a work of pointed literary and cultural criticism, <i>The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of</i> reveals how this pulp genre has captured the popular imagination while transforming the physical and social world in which we live<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Alexander Star <i>The New York Times</i> Disch is an eloquent storyteller and polemicist....[His] book is consistently rewarding.<br><br>Alyssa Katz <i>Newsday</i> [Disch speaks] for the entire genre with admirable authority and grace.<br><br>Christopher Lehmann-Haupt <i>The New York Times</i> Provocative.<br><br>Dick Allen <i>The Hudson Review</i> Entertaining and provocative....Long overdue -- a pioneering look at what other cultural observers have ignored....Disch convinces us that any cultural study of our century which does not deal seriously with the genre is or will be fatally flawed.<br><br>Frank McConnell <i>San Jose Mercury News</i> Brilliant....It's a wonderful book, and no one who cares about science fiction, or about American culture, should miss reading it.<br><br>George Feeley <i>The Washington Post</i> Witty, urbane and generous....Thomas M. Disch has got it right.<br><br>Michael Jacobs <i>USA Today</i> Fascinating.<br><br>Robert Sheckley <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> Sharp, provocative....More than just a history, Disch gives us a sense of the events and moods that are so much a part of science-fiction....[Disch] has covered the vital aspects of the field in a highly readable book.<br><br>Robert Silverberg <i>The Wall Street Journal</i> Mr. Disch's lively and provocative new book is a science-fiction insider's brilliant attempt to come to terms with the bizarre morphing of our civilization in the past fifty years into something that might well have leaped out of the archetypical tales of yesterday's SF masters.<br><br>Robert Taylor <i>The Boston Globe</i> A provocative and enjoyable book.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Thomas M. Disch</b> is the author of such classic works of science fiction as <i>Camp Concentration, 334, The Brave Little Toaster, </i> and <i>On Wings of Song, </i> all of which are cited in David Pringle's <i>Science Fiction: 100 Best Novels.</i> His criticism has appeared in the country's leading magazines and newspapers. His book <i>The Castle of Indolence</i> was a nominee for the National Book Critic Circle's Award in Criticis
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