Table of Contents

1. Defining Science Fiction Why SF is So Good, Why SF is So Bad, Defining SF, Other Definitions of the Form, SF and Postmodernity, Prediciton and Nostalgia, Case Study Chapter 2. The History of Science Fiction Origins, Imperal Contexts, The American Century, The Golden Age, New Wave, Star Wars Chapter 3. Gender Female Science Fiction, Women and Aliens, Ursula Le Guin - The Left Hand of Darkness Chapter 4. Race Representing Race, Race and Star Trek, Alien Abduction, Blackness in Men In Black Chapter 5. Technology and Metaphor Spaceships, Robots, Cyberspace.

About the Author

Adam Roberts is Lecturer in English at Royal Holloway, University of London. His sequence of SF novels is to be published by Orion.

Reviews

'This book, with its strong emphasis on contextuality and intertexuality, provides an excellent companion for the teacher.' - Jenny Stevens, The Use of English