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1. Defining Science Fiction Why SF is So Good, Why SF is So Bad,Defining SF, Other Definitions of the Form, SF and Postmodernity, Predicitonand Nostalgia, Case Study Chapter 2. The History of Science Fiction Origins,Imperal Contexts, The American Century, The Golden Age, New Wave, Star WarsChapter 3. Gender Female Science Fiction, Women and Aliens, Ursula Le Guin -The Left Hand of Darkness Chapter 4. Race Representing Race, Race and StarTrek, Alien Abduction, Blackness in Men In Black Chapter 5. Technology andMetaphor Spaceships, Robots, Cyberspace.