Future West: Utopia and Apocalypse in Frontier Science Fiction

by William H. Katerberg

What is the future of the American West? Is it fated to shine with the benign promise of Ernest Callenbach's Ecotopia? Or will it instead dissolve into postapocalyptic dust, as in Walter Miller's classic novel A Canticle for Leibowitz, or devolve into relentlessly dark and rain-soaked urban landscapes, as in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner?

William Katerberg takes a new look at works of utopian, dystopian, and apocalyptic science...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700616098
• ISBN13: 9780700616091
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"