Vicarious vertigo: The emotional experience of height in the science fiction city

- Science fiction (sf) novels provide a critical perspective on urban futures currently under construction.
- Vertical urbanism demands greater consideration by architects and designers.
- The experience of vertigo is an embodied and experiential reaction to the ground-less vertical city.
- Reading sf allows for empathetic engagement with the emotional experience of vertigo.
- Imaginative inhabitation provides insight into the emotional impact of building high.