Veronica Hollinger and Joan Gordon, eds., Edging into the Future: Science Fiction and Contemporary Cultural Transformation.(Book Review) From: Extrapolation | Date: March 22, 2004| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2004 Extrapolation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Veronica Hollinger and Joan Gordon, eds., Edging into the Future: Science Fiction and Contemporary Cultural Transformation. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002. 278 pp.

In the brief time it has been before the world, Veronica Hollinger and Joan Gordon's new anthology has already provoked some sharply conflicting critical responses. Science-Fiction Studies (vol. 29, #3) has published a rave review of unqualified praise by the eminent Katherine Hayles, while Utopian Studies (vol. 13, #2) has weighed in with a harshly (though not totally) negative judgment by the ...

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