Match BookScience Fiction and Philosophy: From Time Travel to Superintelligence
Susan Schneider
2009 · 368 pages · Narrative nonfiction
How it reads
Science Fiction and Philosophy: From Time Travel to Superintelligence is narrative nonfiction (philosophy and science fiction criticism, specifically), and its dominant mood is adventurous. It's driven by momentum, discovery and getting into trouble. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.
It's set in several locations, in no single period, told through letters, documents or mixed forms. Its central concerns are identity, power and politics and nature. In weight it's heavy and literary — denser, more serious, and more demanding of you.
It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending is left open, for you to argue about. At 368 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something adventurous
- you want something to chew on
- you want a complete story in one book
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy or melancholy
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- narrative nonfiction
- Author gender
- female
- Author experience
- established
- Setting: place
- multiple locations
- Setting: time
- timeless or multiple
- Mood / feeling
- adventurous
- Pace
- moderate
- Tone / weight
- heavy and literary
- Length
- medium
- Narrative style
- letters, documents or mixed forms
- Publication era
- modern classic
- Popularity
- moderately known
- Series vs standalone
- standalone
- Themes
- identity, power and politics, nature
- Ending style
- ambiguous
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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