Indie Science Fiction Cinema Today

<p> Much of 20th century science fiction foretold technological and social developments beyond the year 2000. Since then a key theme has been: what happens when the future no one anticipated arrives faster than anyone expected? Focusing on 21st century independent science fiction films the author describes a seismic shift in subject matter as society moves into a new technological age. Independent films since the millennium are more daring incisive and even plausible in their depiction of possible futures than blockbuster films of the same period. Twenty-one chapters break down today's subgenres featuring interviews with the filmmakers who created them.</p>