I hate to toot my own horn, but the second volume in the "Hollyweird Science" series I've been co-authoring may be of interest to you: it focuses more on technology than the first volume, with chapters on computers and AI and while the main interest is in how science and technology turns up on screen, that happens in the context of feedback loop between scientists and engineers. (at the very least, it should help you identify some of the most conceptually influential screen sci fi for later searches) 

You might also be interested in reading the long-form interview with Neal Stephenson, based on a stage Q&A with Jason Pontin at MIT, that appears in the 2013 edition of "Twelve Tomorrows" where he mentions the "magnetic field" concept of the role of science fiction, i.e. an invisible force that aligns engineers towards particular visions -- if you can't find a copy of the interview, I can send one, as I edited that issue.

https://www.amazon.com/Hollyweird-Science-Generation-Spaceships-Microchips/dp/3319542133

https://www.amazon.com/Twelve-Tomorrows-TRSF-Annual-2013/dp/B00OED98F2/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1534522674&sr=1-1&keywords=twelve+tomorrows+2013

For other titles NOT written or edited by me :)  -- I've found that often the best source for tracing the fiction-to-reality side is biographies of scientists and technologists. For example, Strange Angel by George Pendle details the close relationship between JPL co-founder Jack Parson and the California science fiction scene (leading to L. Ron Hubbard moving into his home and all kinds of subsequent shenanigans). In iWoz, Steve Wozniak writes how Tom Swift was his literary hero. I haven't read one, but I'm sure that any biography of Minsky would include the seminal impact of reading Asimov's "Runaround" (and how Minsky pretty much never bothered to read anything in the fiction domain that wasn't sci-fi for the rest of his life), and any bio of Goddard would mention how was influenced by (now obscure) unauthorized sequel  to War of the Worlds, "Edison's Conquest of Mars" written by astronomy writer George Servis and serialized in The Boston Post. 



  

On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 11:48 AM David C. Brock <dcb@dcbrock.net> wrote:
Dear All,

I would be very grateful to learn of your favorite pieces that you’ve read on this topic: the place, role, and function of science fiction and science fiction fandom in the history of technology, and especially the history of computing. I’m wholly ignorant about it, bibliographically.

Thanks as ever,

David

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