Teaching Science Fiction

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvii

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2. Introduction

   • Andy Sawyer, Peter Wright

   Pages 1-20

3. Through Time and Space: A Brief History of Science Fiction

   • Paul Kincaid

   Pages 21-37

4. Theorizing Science Fiction: The Question of Terminology

   • Gary K. Wolfe

   Pages 38-54

5. Utopia, Anti-Utopia and Science Fiction

   • Chris Ferns

   Pages 55-71

6. Teaching the Scientific Romance

   • Adam Roberts

   Pages 72-85

7. Teaching Pulp Science Fiction

   • Gary Westfahl

   Pages 86-101

8. Good SF: Teaching the Golden Age as Cultural History

   • Lisa Yaszek

   Pages 102-115

9. Teaching the New Wave

   • Rob Latham

   Pages 116-128

10. Postmodernism, Postmodernity and the Postmodern: Telling Local Stories at the End of Time

    • Andrew M. Butler

    Pages 129-145

11. Teaching Gender and Science Fiction

    • Brian Attebery

    Pages 146-161

12. Teaching Postcolonial Science Fiction

    • Uppinder Mehan

    Pages 162-178

13. Teaching Latin American Science Fiction and Fantasy in English: A Case Study

    • M. Elizabeth Ginway

    Pages 179-201

14. Teaching Science and Science Fiction: A Case Study

    • Mark Brake, Neil Hook

    Pages 202-218

15. Design, Delivery and Evaluation

    • Andy Sawyer, Peter Wright

    Pages 219-246

16. Back Matter

    Pages 247-266

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Teaching Science Fiction is the first text in thirty years to explore the pedagogic potential of that most intellectually stimulating and provocative form of popular literature: science fiction. Innovative and academically lively, it offers valuable insights into how SF can be taught historically, culturally and practically at university level.

• cultural history
• English
• fiction
• gender
• Literatur
• postmodernism
• time

"a provocative, up-to-date guide to the full range of modern science fiction and the challenges it presents to students and teachers. - Patrick Parrinder, Emeritus Professor of English, University of Reading, UK

'Teaching Science Fiction not only effectively explores what it means to teach sf but also actually teaches the genre to its readers...Teaching Science Fiction is an essential addition to the bookshelves of current or prospective teachers of sf. Its contributors provide the insight that can be found in a teaching narrative, while not losing sight of the critical role of context in making pedagogical decisions. They provide rationales for their course constructino and explain the results achieved. Interestingly, the book is perhaps just as useful to beginning sf scholars, whether or not they intend to teach the genre, as the chapters provide succinct and readable introductions to many iof the critical aspects of the contemporary study of science fiction' - Craig B. Jacobsen, Science Fiction Studies

• Science Fiction Foundation Collection, University of Liverpool Library, UK

  Andy Sawyer

• Edge Hill University, England

  Peter Wright

BRIAN ATTEBERY Professor of English, Idaho State University, USA MARK BRAKE Professor of Science Communication, University of Glamorgan, UK ANDREW M. BUTLER Independent Scholar CHRIS FERNS Professor of English, Mount Saint Vincent University, Nova Scotia, Canada M. ELIZABETH GINWAY Associate Professor of Portuguese, University of Florida, USA NEIL HOOK Senior Lecturer in Science Communication, University of Glamorgan, UK PAUL KINCAID Independent Scholar ROB LATHAM Associate Professor of English, University of California, Riverside, USA ADAM ROBERTS Professor Nineteenth-Century Literature, Royal Holloway University of London, UK GARY WESTFAHL Lecturer in English, University of California, Riverside, USA GARY K. WOLFE Professor of Humanities and English, Roosevelt University, USA LISA YASZEK Associate Professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

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