Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- PA RT ONE Approaches -- 1 Introduction: The World of the Science Fiction Film -- Science Fiction as Fantasy -- Genre Determinations -- A Tradition of Trickery -- Genre Thinking -- 2 Science Fiction Film -- Science Fiction and Humanism -- Susan Sontag -- Ideological Criticism -- Psychoanalytic Criticism -- Feminism -- Postmodernism -- Synthesis -- PART TWO Historical Overview -- 3 A Trajectory of the American Science Fiction Film -- Antecedents -- Literature -- The Pulps -- Science Fiction Literature -- Early Science Fiction Cinema -- The Machine Age -- The Serials -- Springtime for Caliban -- Post-2001 -- A New Myth -- Postmodern Science Fiction -- Science Fiction and Gender -- The Anime Influence -- Special Effects -- PART THREE Film Analyses -- 4 The Science Fiction Film as Fantastic Text -- 5 The Science Fiction Film as Marvelous Text -- 6 The Science Fiction Film as Uncanny Text -- 7 Crossing Genre Boundaries/Bound by Fantasy -- 8 Conclusion: A Note on Boundaries -- Critical Consensus -- Dynamics of Genre -- Notes -- PART I. APPROACHES -- 1. Introduction: The World of the Science Fiction Film -- 2. Science Fiction Film: The Critical Context -- PART II. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW -- 3. A Trajectory of the American Science Fiction Film -- PART III. FILM ANALYSES -- 4. The Science Fiction Film as Fantastic Text -- 5. The Science Fiction Film as Marvelous Text -- 6. The Science Fiction Film as Uncanny Text -- 7. Crossing Genre Boundaries/Bound by Fantasy -- 8. Conclusion: A Note on Boundaries -- Bibliography -- Select Filmography of the American Science Fiction Film -- Index.