Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. CHINESE SCIENCE FICTION DURING THE POST-MAO CULTURAL THAW
6. 1 The Field of Chinese Science Fiction, 1976–1983 1
7. 2 A Study of Zheng Wenguang’s Mars Series 33
8. 3 A Scientific Holmes in Post-Mao China: Ye Yonglie and His SF Thrillers 56
9. 4 Tong Enzheng and the Motif of Alien Invasions 74
10. 5 Posthuman Conditions in Xiao Jianheng’s SF Narratives 97
11. 6 Tech-SF and the Four Modernizations 115
12. 7 Fledgling Media Convergence: PRC SF from Print to Electronic Media 134
13. 8 Blooming, Contending, and Boundary-Breaking Even in a Genre of Government-Backed Literature 165
14. Notes 181
15. Chinese Character Glossary 199
16. Bibliography 211
17. Index 225