Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Translations
- Introduction
- Part I The Great Discourse on the Future
- 1 Utopians and Utopian Thought
- 2 Futurists and Futures Studies
- 3 Utopian/Dystopian Writers and Utopian/Dystopian Fiction
- 4 Science Fiction: The Nexus of Utopianism, Futurism, and Utopian Fiction
- Part II German Science Fiction in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
- 5 Some Preliminary Thoughts on German Science Fiction
- 6 First Contact: Martians, Sentient Plants, and Swarm Intelligences
- 7 The Shock of the New: Mega Cities, Machines, and Rockets
- 8 Utopian Experiments: Island Idylls, Glass Beads, and Eugenic Nightmares
- 9 To the Stars! Cosmic Supermen and Bauhaus in Space
- 10 Visions of the End: Catastrophism and Moral Entropy
- 11 Virtual Realities: Caught in the Matrix
- 12 Alternative Histories: Into the Heart of Darkness
- 13 Big Brother Is Watching Us: Who Is Watching Big Brother?
- 14 Artificial Intelligences: The Rise of the Thinking Machines
- 15 Eternal Life: At What Cost?
- 16 Social Satires: Of Empty Slogans and Empty Hearts
- 17 Critical Posthumanism: Twilight of the Species or a New Dawn?
- 18 High Concept: Time, the Universe, and Everything
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Chronological List of German SF Novels—A Selection
- Appendix 2 Chronological List of German SF Films—A Selection
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Appendix 1 - Chronological List of German SF Novels—A Selection
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 September 2020
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Translations
- Introduction
- Part I The Great Discourse on the Future
- 1 Utopians and Utopian Thought
- 2 Futurists and Futures Studies
- 3 Utopian/Dystopian Writers and Utopian/Dystopian Fiction
- 4 Science Fiction: The Nexus of Utopianism, Futurism, and Utopian Fiction
- Part II German Science Fiction in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
- 5 Some Preliminary Thoughts on German Science Fiction
- 6 First Contact: Martians, Sentient Plants, and Swarm Intelligences
- 7 The Shock of the New: Mega Cities, Machines, and Rockets
- 8 Utopian Experiments: Island Idylls, Glass Beads, and Eugenic Nightmares
- 9 To the Stars! Cosmic Supermen and Bauhaus in Space
- 10 Visions of the End: Catastrophism and Moral Entropy
- 11 Virtual Realities: Caught in the Matrix
- 12 Alternative Histories: Into the Heart of Darkness
- 13 Big Brother Is Watching Us: Who Is Watching Big Brother?
- 14 Artificial Intelligences: The Rise of the Thinking Machines
- 15 Eternal Life: At What Cost?
- 16 Social Satires: Of Empty Slogans and Empty Hearts
- 17 Critical Posthumanism: Twilight of the Species or a New Dawn?
- 18 High Concept: Time, the Universe, and Everything
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Chronological List of German SF Novels—A Selection
- Appendix 2 Chronological List of German SF Films—A Selection
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Laßwitz, Kurd. Auf zwei Planeten, 1897. (In English: Two Planets, 1971).
Scheerbart, Paul. Die große Revolution: Ein Mondroman, 1902.
Laßwitz, Kurd. Sternentau: Die Pflanze vom Jupitermond, 1909.
Kellermann, Bernhard. Der Tunnel, 1913 (In English: The Tunnel, 1915).
Scheerbart, Paul. Lesabéndio: Ein Asteroiden-Roman, 1913 (In English: Lesabéndio, 2012).
Dominik, Hans. Die Macht der Drei: Ein Roman aus dem Jahre 1955, 1922.
Döblin, Alfred. Berge, Meere und Giganten, 1924.
Dexheimer, Ludwig (pseudonym Ri Tokko). Das Automatenzeitalter: Ein prognostischer Roman,1930.
Illing, Werner. Utopolis, 1930.
Dominik, Hans. Der Wettflug der Nationen,1932.
Hesse, Hermann. Das Glasperlenspiel, 1943 (In English: The Glass Bead Game, 1949).
Werfel, Franz. Stern der Ungeborenen: Ein Reiseroman, 1946.
Jünger, Ernst. Heliopolis, 1949.
Schmidt, Arno. Die Gelehrtenrepublik, 1957 (In English: The Egghead Republic, 1979).
Franke, Herbert. Der grüne Komet, 1960.
Haushofer, Marlen. Die Wand, 1963 (In English: The Wall, 1990).
Brenner, Robert. Signale vom Jupitermond: Ein Bericht aus dem Jahre 2028, 1968.
Franke, Herbert. Zone Null, 1970 (In English: Zone Null, 1974).
Amery, Carl. Der Untergang der Stadt Passau, 1975.
Steinhäuser, Gerhard. Unternehmen Stunde Null: Leben nach dem jüngsten Tag, 1975.
Erlenberger, Maria. Singende Erde: Ein utopischer Roman, 1980.
Jeschke, Wolfgang. Der letzte Tag der Schöpfung, 1981.
Steinmüller, Angela, and Karlheinz Steinmüller. Andymon: Eine Weltraum- Utopie, 1982.
Ziegler, Thomas. Alles ist Gut, 1983.
Pausewang, Gudrun. Die Wolke, 1987.
Fleck, Dirk C. Go! Die Ökodiktatur, 1993.
Ziegler, Thomas. Stimmen der Nacht, 1993.
Ransmayr, Christoph. Morbus Kitahara, 1995 (In English: The Dog King, 1997).
Eschbach, Andreas. Die Haarteppichknüpfer, 1995 (In English: The Carpet Makers, 2005).
Rabisch, Birgit. Duplik Jonas 7, 1997.
Eschbach, Andreas. Das Jesus-Video, 1998.
Kerner, Charlotte. Blueprint Blaupause, 1999.
Kirchner, Barbara. Die verbesserte Frau, 2001.
Eschbach, Andreas. Quest, 2001.
Schätzing, Frank. Der Schwarm, 2004 (In English: The Swarm, 2006).
Jeschke, Wolfgang. Das Cusanus-Spiel, 2005.
Lehr, Thomas. 42, 2005.
Weiner, Richard M. Das Miniatom-Projekt, 2006.
Zelter, Joachim. Schule der Arbeitslosen, 2006.
Dath, Dietmar. Die Abschaffung der Arten, 2008 (In English: The Abolition of Species, 2018).
Kracht, Christian. Ich werde hier sein im Sonnenschein und im Schatten, 2008.
Schätzing, Frank. Limit, 2009.
Zeh, Juli. Corpus Delicti: Ein Prozess, 2010 (In English: The Method, 2012).
Trojanow, Iliya. EisTau, 2011.
Eschbach, Andreas. Herr aller Dinge, 2011 (In English: Lord of All Things, 2014).
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- Beyond TomorrowGerman Science Fiction and Utopian Thought in the 20th and 21st Centuries, pp. 237 - 238Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2020