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Book SynopsisThe Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction explores the relationship between the ideas and themes of American science fiction and their roots in the American cultural experience. Science fiction in America has long served to reflect the country's hopes, desires, ambitions, and fears. The ideas and conventions associated with science fiction are pervasive throughout American film and television, comics and visual arts, games and gaming, and fandom, as well as across the culture writ large. Through essays that address not only the history of science fiction in America but also the influence and significance of American science fiction throughout media and fan culture, this companion serves as a key resource for scholars, teachers, students, and fans of science fiction.
Table of Contents1. The mightiest machine: the development of American science fiction from the 1920s to the 1960s Gary Westfahl; 2. Dangerous visions: new-wave and post-new-wave science fiction Darren Harris-Fain; 3. American science fiction after 9/11 David M. Higgins; 4. Afrofuturism in American science fiction Lisa Yaszek; 5. Feminist and queer science fiction in America Alexis Lothian; 6. The futures market: American utopias Mark Bould; 7. American slipstream: science fiction and literary respectability Rob Latham; 8. Hollywood science fiction Sherryl Vint; 9. US superpower and superpowered Americans in science fiction and comic books Matthew Costello; 10. Digital games and science fiction Patrick Jagoda; 11. Fandom and fan culture Karen Hellekson; 12. American frontiers John Rieder; 13. Science, technology and the environment Priscilla Wald; 14. American weird Roger Luckhurst; 15. After America Rebekah C. Sheldon.
