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‘This wonderful multinational and multidisciplinary collection is greater than the sum of its fascinating parts. Crystalline aliens, a mysterious Siberian explosion, silicon-based life forms, Tintin, Thunderbirds, Star Trek and Raëlians are just some of the many things which are examined in a brilliantly eclectic series of essays.’ —David Edgerton, Imperial College London ‘With generous references to the scholarship and original sources, as well as its own intelligent and well-integrated contributions, this book establishes a comprehensive new field of research – “astroculture.”’ —Michael G. Smith, Purdue University ‘Europe too has a history of imagining outer space, distinct from yet inextricably linked with global cultures of perceiving and experiencing the universe. This splendid volume offers a fascinating panorama of visions of the future. Anyone interested in the complex relationship between technology, space and culture will garner much from this groundbreaking work.’ —Helmuth Trischler, Deutsches Museum ‘Intriguing. […] A book of essays filled with European perspectives on space and spaciness.’ —Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic ‘Imagining Outer Space is a brilliantly organized compendium of current scholarship at the intersection between space history and the popular cultures of science/fiction. It also sheds new light on the often underplayed European contributions to imagining outer space as a richly inhabited human realm. It

successfully establishes “astroculture” as an energetic and growing area of scholarly production and debate.’ —De Witt Douglas Kilgore, Science Fiction Studies ‘However peripheral Europe’s contributions to the Space Age may have been, nothing was spared in the imagination. The matter was of exemplary global interest, after all. It is the details that count here, and the contributions in this volume offer plenty: crystalline aliens and Mars scenarios, spaceflight in comic strips and ghost rockets (a European equivalent to flying saucers), UFOs in postwar France and well-intentioned offers of interstellar communication.’ —Helmut Mayer, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ‘Imagining Outer Space offers an interdisciplinary and transnational approach to the cultural and social history of the space age in Europe. It is its redrawing of the disciplinary boundaries of space history that should be most applauded. […] Highly recommended not only to readers interested in the history of outer space and the Space Age.’ —Anke Ortlepp, H-Soz-u-Kult ‘With its emphasis on multidisciplinarity, and its wide variety of contributions, topics, and themes, Imagining Outer Space demonstrates the rich potential that astrocultural studies holds for the field of the history of spaceflight, while at the same time, it truly contains something for everyone.’ —Janet Vertesi, Quest: History of Spaceflight Quarterly ‘This is clearly an important contribution to the literature and a stimulus to ongoing and future debates and endeavours in the intertwining realms of culture, space and

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