Science fiction around the world
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Science ficton as a literary genre flourished in the US due to the interplay of unique technological and cultural conditions. The character of the US as a cultural melting pot and its cultural mind set of providing solutions to many questions encouraged speculative thought which is what science fiction is all about.
Publication Name: Analog Science Fiction & Fact
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 1059-2113
Year: 1998
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Mission to Utah: A science fiction writer's adventures at the Mars Society Desert Research Station
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An aerospace engineer and a science fiction writer, recounts the first-hand experience of his visit to Hanksville, Utah, a place like Mars. This visit of McCarthy, who went along with a group of talented people, was secretly funded by the Mars Society Desert Research Station.
Publication Name: Analog Science Fiction & Fact
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 1059-2113
Year: 2005
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America's blueprint for Mars: the report of the Synthesis Group
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The Synthesis Group is made of 46 space experts gathered together to assess the outer-space exploration program of the US and to provide a vision of its future. The group says the US cannot afford not to continue its space program.
Publication Name: Analog Science Fiction & Fact
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 1059-2113
Year: 1992
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