Acknowledgments

From Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies by Andrew Maynard

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of talking and working with

many amazing people whose ideas and insights have informed

and inspired me, and helped guide this book. Sadly, they are too

numerous to list, but I am deeply indebted to them, as I am to the

script writers, directors, actors and producers of the movies featured

here, and who provided the creative inspiration for Films from the

Future. Without them, this book would not exist. In addition to

these founts of knowledge and inspiration, this book wouldn’t have

become what it did without an army of friends and colleagues who

graciously allowed me to ply them with early drafts, and equally

graciously provided critical feedback that reduced my chances of

making a fool of myself: Michael Bennett, Diana Bowman, Michael

Burnam-Fink, Ariel Conn, Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Joey Eschrich, Jane

Flegal, Elizabeth Garbee, Sarah Geren, Jess Givens, Darshan Karwat,

Lauren Keeler, Eric Kennedy, Jon Klane, Sean McAllistair, Nicole

Mayberry, Philip Maynard, Stephen Maynard, Becca Monteleone,

Anna Muldoon, Hilary Sutcliffe, Lucy Tournas, and Jamie Winterton.

Of course, having offered their services this time round, they’re

going to find it hard to escape being drafted in to do the same

with the sequel to Films from the Future. I also want to gratefully

acknowledge the wonderful encouragement, guidance, and support,

of my editor Hugo Villabona and the whole team at Mango—without

whom this book would probably still be no more of a reality that

some of the sci-fi futures it explores. And of course, none of this

would have been possible without the support and encouragement

of my family, and especially my wife, Clare.

Thank you.