The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature is a useful reference to the broad
and burgeoning field of science fiction literature. Science fiction literature has gained …

Post-cyberpunk represents an expansion of cyberpunk beyond the initial literary forms
embodied by the fictions of William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, or Lewis Shiner, and its evolution …

Following scholarship on gender in science fiction, this book explores the limits of
considering age as a social construction, positing that an acknowledgement of aged bodies …

Abstract" What's the matter with Kansas?" Or, more generally: why, given an economic and
political situation that benefits so few Americans (roughly... 1 percent), do all the others (the …

When people speak about love and money, they usually are referring to a conflict: love
distorted by the desire for money. Such statements imply that love has a distinct form before …

This chapter studies science f iction's rise in the post-Tiananmen period by focusing on the
idea of history as computer code. It begins with an analysis of Liu Cixin's cyberpunk novel …

Abstract English, Thai, and Klingon are just a few of the languages that WeChat users
utilised to disseminate “The Whistle-Giver,” a censored interview with the Chinese doctor …

Cet article propose de reprendre la question des représentations des futurs économiques
en repartant d'un type particulier de fictions, celles du cyberpunk, retenues ici pour leurs …

Over the last forty years, no force has driven cultural change more than the rapid expansion
and improvement of digital technologies. In my project, I argue that a thorough examination …

Hard to imagine a less attractive life-style for a young man just out of college than going
back to Bismarck to live with his parents--unless it's living with his brother in the suburbs of …