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CONTENTS Introduction.“TheHopeofTodayandtheRealityofTomorrow”:PopularScience,PopularCulture,andScienceFiction 1 PART I. CIRCULATION 13 1 “MagazinesforMorons”:PulpMagazinesandtheEmergenceofScienceFiction 17 2 Conversationsfromthe“Backyard”:ReadingandImaginingCommunity 51 PART II. READING 79 3 DiscoveringtheFreedomofFacts:Fact,Fiction,andtheAuthorityofScience 83 4 InvolvingAdventure,ReassuringRomance:EngenderingScienceFiction’sDomesticTranquillity 111 5 HumanMartiansandAsianAliens:TheRacialNatureofWondrousWorlds 147 6 TheProgressofTime:Einstein,History,andtheDimensionsofTimeTravel 179 PART III. PRACTICE 211 7 “FandomIsJustaGoddamnHobby”:TheIndustryofFansandProfessionals 215 8 “WeWanttoPlaywithSpaceships”:PopularRocketScienceinAction 251 Epilogue.Beyondthe“GernsbackContinuum”:ScienceFiction’sCommunityandSocialNetworks 301 ListofAbbreviations 315 Notes 317 Index 375 Acknowledgments 389 This page intentionally left blank ...

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