EPILOGUE: THE WANDERING EARTH, 2019

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. PROLOGUE: A LONELY HIDDEN ARMY, 2010 1
5. 1. POETICS OF THE INVISIBLE: INTRODUCING THE NEW WAVE 14
6. 2. SCIENCE FICTION AS METHOD: WORLDING THE GENRE 43
7. 3. CAN WE READ “A MADMAN’S DIARY” AS SCIENCE FICTION? REWRITING LITERARY HISTORY 75
8. EXCURSUS I: LOOKING BACKWARD: 2010–1900
9. Introduction 105
10. 4. A POETIC HEART IN THE DARK FOREST: LIU CIXIN’S THREE-BODY UNIVERSE 116
11. 5. THE POWER OF DARKNESS IN HAN SONG: MYTHOLOGY OF THE CHTHONIC 160
12. 6. VARIATIONS ON UTOPIA: SPECTERS AND MYTHS 201
13. 7. A TOPOLOGY OF HOPE: SINOTOPIA AND HETEROTOPIA 225
14. 8. CHINESE NEW WAVE GOES GLOBAL: THE POSTHUMAN TURN 252
15. EXCURSUS II: THE RISE OF SHE-SF: 2010–2022
16. Introduction 276
17. 9. NEW WONDERS OF A NONBINARY UNIVERSE: OPENING OF THE NEO-BAROQUE 280
18. EPILOGUE: THE WANDERING EARTH, 2019 305
19. Notes 313
20. Bibliography 339
21. Index 357