Introduces the history, concepts and contexts necessary to understanding how to read Science Fiction as a genre.

In this work, world renowned contributors introduce the history and concepts necessary to understanding how to read Science Fiction as a genre. This is the first Science Fiction classroom text that breaks down the barriers between teachers and students, making teaching and learning a collaborative process.James Gunn is a very big name and one of the leading and most established figures in the world of Science Fiction; his name brings instant credibility.World class contributors introduce the history, concepts and contexts necessary to understanding how to read Science Fiction as a genre. Their groundbreaking approach makes teaching Science Fiction and learning from it a collaborative process, providing an exciting and varied way into this popular field.

Introduction
PART I: MAPPING SCIENCE FICTION
Editor's Introduction
Defining Science Fiction
E.S.Rabkin
What is Science Fiction and How it Grew
H.B.Franklin
Narrative Strategies in Science Fiction
B.Stableford
There is No Such Thing as Science Fiction
M.Bould &
S.Vint
PART II: READING SCIENCE FICTION IN THE CLASSROOM
Editor's Introduction
The Protocols of Reading SF
J.Gunn
Reading Joanna Russ in Context: Science, Utopia and Postmodernity
J.Cortiel
Reading Science Fiction's Interdisciplinary Conversation with Science and Technology Studies: L.Yaszek &
D.Davis
PART III: SCIENCE FICTION AND POPULAR CULTURE
Editor's Introduction
Video Games and Science Fiction
O.S.Card
The Feedback Loop: Science Fiction and Television
M.Cassutt
Film and Science Fiction
G.Zebrowski
Computers and Science Fiction
B.Landon
PART IV: THEORETICAL APPROACHES
Editor's Introduction
Gender is a Problem That Can Be Solved: Science Fiction and Gender Theory
J.Donawerth
Postcolonial Approaches to Reading Science Fiction
M.Candelaria
International Science Fiction
J.Gunn
Marxism and Science Fiction
C.Freedman
PART V: SCIENCE FICTION AND DIVERSE DISCIPLINES
Editor's Introduction
Science Fiction and Neurobiology
J.Miller
Physics and Science Fiction
G.Benford
Science Fiction and Biology
G.Bear
Science Fiction and the Evolution of Technology
P.Levinson
Cyberspace and Science Fiction
B.Sterling
Bibliography
Index.