Introduction: science fiction and the mass cultural genre system -- On defining science fiction, or not: genre theory, SF, and history -- The mass cultural genre system -- Genealogies of SF -- Philip K. Dick's mass cultural epistemology -- Communities of interpretation (1): two Hollywood films and the Tiptree Award anthologies -- Communities of interpretation (2): afrofuturism and indigenous futurism -- Conclusion: periodizing SF.
Summary
A fresh approach to the history and shape of science fiction.
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