Romancing the Internet -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: This Is Not Your Mother's Qiong Yao -- Fan Production -- Interdisciplinary Improvisation -- Organization of Chapters -- 1. A Short Genealogy -- The Politics and Economics of Web Publishing -- The Popular Mind -- Stud, Farming, and Magic-Space Fiction: Characteristics and Trends -- The Pleasure of Repetition -- Romantic Love with Chinese Characteristics -- 2. Addicted to Beauty -- Three Players and the Text -- Textual Poaching -- Time Travel in Danmei Fiction -- The Androgynous Reader -- Conclusion -- 3. "Men Conquer the World and Women Save Mankind" -- Clues from Interviews -- The Supreme Heroine -- Three Princesses -- Conclusion -- 4. Rewriting Classics, Righting Wrongs -- Tricks of the Trade -- Rewriting Classics -- Danmei Fanfic -- Anti-Qiong Yao Fanfic -- Conclusion -- 5. How to Make Mr. Right -- Seeking Mr. Right? -- The Ideal Hero -- Who Is More "Economical and Serviceable"? -- Reading Zhifou: Strategies and Negotiations -- Making Mr. Right -- Conclusion -- Coda: What Does Chinese Web Romance Do? -- Remaking Popular Romance -- Creating the Self in a Crowd -- A New Woman Born of the E-Age? -- Appendix: Glossary of Chinese and Japanese Characters -- Bibliography -- Index.