{"product_id":"9783032165732","title":"1956 : A Year of Wonder in Science Fiction and Beyond (Science and Fiction)","description":"\u003cp\u003e1956 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49909958574328,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":54.81,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9783032165732-1.jpg?v=1783993963","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/products\/9783032165732","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}