Astrofuturism: Science, Race, and Visions of Utopia in Space

Contents

Contents Introduction: The Wonderful Dream 1 1. Knocking on Heaven's Door: David Lasser and the First Conquest of Space 31 2. An Empire in Space: Europe and America as Science Fact 49 3. Building a Space Frontier: Robert A. Heinlein and the American Tradition 82 4. Will There Always Be an England? Arthur C. Clarke's New Eden 111 5. The Domestication of Space: Gerard K. O'Neill's Suburban Diaspora 150 6. Ben Bova: Race, Nation, and Renewal on the High Frontier 186 7. On Mars and Other Heterotopias: A Conclusion 222 Abbreviations 239 Notes 241 Index 285 Acknowledgments 293 This page intentionally left blank I am captivated more by dreams of the future than by the history of the past. —Thomas Jefferson Dreams are not so different from deeds as some may think. All the deeds of men are only dreams at first. And in the end, their deeds dissolve into dreams. —Theodor Herzl This page intentionally left blank ...