TOC: ‘Strange Divisions and Alien Territories’ Edited by Keith Brooke
Keith Brooke has posted the table of contents for the new non-fiction book Strange Divisions and Alien Territories: The Sub-Genres of Science Fiction:
Strange Divisions and Alien Territories explores the sub-genres of science fiction from the perspectives of a dozen top SF authors, combining a critical viewpoint with exploration of the challenges and opportunities facing authors working in SF today.
Explore hard science, deep space and aliens; consider alternate history and time travel; look at utopias, dystopias, superpowers and religion; think about who we are and who we might become in the not-too-distant future, and be guided by authors who, between them, have won Hugos, Nebulas and other major science fiction awards many times over.
- Foreword – Michael Swanwick
- From Slide–rules To Techno–mystics: Hard SF’s Battle For The Imagination – Gary Gibson
- Space Opera: This Galaxy Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us – Alastair Reynolds
- Aliens: Our Selves And Others – Justina Robson
- The Literature Of Planetary Adventure – Catherine Asaro And Kate Dolan
- Infinite Pasts, Infinite Futures: The Many Worlds Of Time Travel – John Grant
- Alternate History: Worlds Of What If – Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- The World Of The End Of The World: Apocalyptic And Post-apocalyptic Science Fiction – James Lovegrove
- Does God Need A Starship? Science Fiction And Religion – Adam Roberts
- No Place Like Home: Topian Science Fiction – Keith Brooke
- Who Owns Cyberpunk? – James Patrick Kelly
- Beyond The Human Baseline: Special Powers – Paul Di Filippo
- Just Passing Through: Journeys To The Post-human – Tony Ballantyne
- Postscript – Keith Brooke
