Science fiction is filled with spacecraft. On Earth actual rockets explode over Texas while
others make their way to Mars. But what are spacecraft and just what can they teach us about
imagination ecology democracy and the nature of objects? Why do certain spacecraft stand out
in popular culture? If ever there were a spacecraft that could be detached from its context
sold as toys turned into Disney rides parodied and flit around in everyone's head-the
Millennium Falcon would be it. Springing from this infamous Star Wars vehicle Spacecraft takes
readers on an intergalactic journey through science fiction and speculative philosophy
revealing real-world political and ecological lessons along the way. In this book Timothy
Morton shows how spacecraft are never mere flights of fancy.
