Star Trek: The Next Generation blended speculative science fiction and space opera in its portrayal ... more

Speculative science fiction, with its underlying socio-political dialogue, represents an important i... more

Reversing a common science fiction cliche, Farscape follows the adventures of the human astronaut Jo... more

Written by international experts from a range of disciplines, these essays examine the uniquely Brit... more

Australia has been a frequent choice of location for narratives about the end of the world in scienc... more

The 13 essays in this volume explore Stephenie Meyer’s wildly popular Twilight series in the context... more

A member of the Pulitzer Prize jury, the late Frank McConnell helped science fiction gain standing a... more

Considered George MacDonald’s greatest work, Lilith (1895) is among the most popular and profound fa... more

Women authors have explored fantasy fiction in ways that connect with feminist narrative theories, a... more

This work presents the genre of mythopoeic fantasy from a holistic perspective, arguing that this ce... more

H. Beam Piper is one of science fiction’s most enigmatic writers. In 1946 Piper appeared seemingly f... more

Examining how we interpret Welshness today, this volume brings together fourteen essays covering a f... more

Science fiction has always challenged readers with depictions of the future. Can the genre actually ... more

Following World War II, the Fleuve Noir publishing house published popular American genre fiction in... more

Since the early rise of the novel, utopian stories have held the public imagination. This critical t... more

This book studies the treatment of science and technology from ancient myths to current works, demon... more

An examination of science fiction editor and author Hugo Gernsback’s career, this critical study exp... more