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1956 was a momentous year for science fiction, with the release of timeless films and the publication of classic novels and stories. It was also a pivotal year for the world at large, with events producing ripples we still feel seven decades later.
This book explores how the year's landmark works - films such as Forbidden Planet and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and stories such as Asimov's The Last Question and Clarke's The City and the Stars - emerged from their cultural context. Writers, artists, and film directors reflected the era's tension between optimism and anxiety, between the promise and peril of progress.
The book traces, month-by-month, events in five themes: science and technology; politics and the economy; entertainment and arts; celebrity culture; and competitive sport. This was a climate defined by rapid change - from the Suez Crisis to Elvis Presley's meteoric rise; from early computers to space race dreams. The science fiction emerging from this turbulent year helped form our collective imagination of tomorrow.
Contents
Introduction.- Part one january.- Pushing at boundaries.- Sf and exploration.- Part two february.- Watching the watchers.- Sf and paranoia.- Part three march.- Unseen currents.- Sf and analysis.- Part 4 april.- United nations.- Sf and politics.- Part five may.- The seen and the silenced.- Sf and women.- Part six june.- The price of blind faith.- Sf and pseudoscience.- Part seven july.- Brushstrokes of history.- Sf and art.- Part eight august.- Missteps and mayhem.- Sf and nuclear armageddon.- Part nine september.- Signals of connection.- Sf and fandom.- Part ten october.- Rising stars.- Sf and youth.- Part eleven november.- We will bury you.- Sf and the quest for immortality.- Part twelve december.- Driving the future.- Sf and automation.- Works and persons mentioned.- Index.
