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Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1992. First Printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 25 cm. xii, [2], 264, [2] pages. Notes. Works Cited. Index. David Lavery (August 27, 1949 - August 30, 2016) was a professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University who specialized in studying pop culture, especially television. From 2006 to 2008 he served as Chair in Film & Television at Brunel University in London. He authored or edited over 20 books on popular culture, including Conversations with Joss Whedon. This book is about the nature, present condition, and future of humanity, seen through the lens of our interest in space. David Lavery argues persuasively that those intrigued by the challenge of perfecting a world ruled solely by human artifice are increasingly committed to abandoning the Earth. Writers ranging from physicists to rock stars salt their works with references—which Lavery calls "evolutionary Freudian slips"—revealing genuine "extraterrestrial urges."…
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Late for the Sky: The Mentality of the Space Age Unknown - 1992
by Lavery B.S. M.A. Ph.D., Dr. David
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- Title Late for the Sky: The Mentality of the Space Age
- Author Lavery B.S. M.A. Ph.D., Dr. David
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- Publisher Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, IL
- Date 1992-03
- ISBN 9780809317677
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