by Marina Benjamin (Author)
From the first landings on the moon to the implications of our cyber worlds, this unusual and intriguing book takes a provocative look at our fascination with space. "Rocket Dreams" is a fast-moving, fact-filled study of how all the dreams that went into moonflight in the '60's have found new homes and mutated into new fascination with space. It is about our unquenchable desire to reach out to other worlds, physical and imaginative. From Apollo astronauts to the military origins of the internet, and the whole phenomenon of 'virtual communities', it reveals how the ideals and longings pinned on cyberspace have evolved directly from those of the space age. Space dreams have been transformed into screen dreams, but the longing for communication with the other lies at the heart of both.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 05 Feb 2004
ISBN 10: 0099283654
ISBN 13: 9780099283652
Book Overview: From the first landings on the moon, UFOs and Extra Terrestrials, to the implications of our cyber worlds, this is a provocative and profound look at our fascination with space-