Science Fiction: Coping with Change.

Tymn, Marshall B.

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ERIC Number: EJ210811

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1979-Nov

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Science Fiction: Coping with Change.

Tymn, Marshall B.

Media and Methods, v16 n3 p18-20 Nov 1979

Notes that science fiction has evolved into a literature of serious social commentary while still preserving its origins of romantic escapism and intriguing gadgetry. Argues that science fiction now looks more closely at life on Earth. (FL)

Descriptors: Change Agents, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Literature, Reading Interests, Reading Materials, Science Fiction, Social Change, Student Interests

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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