This is the first book in English to focus on the transitional period of Chinese science fiction - a key prelude to the increasingly global stature of Chinese science fiction in the twenty-first century.

Acknowledgments

1. The Field of Chinese Science Fiction, 1976-1983

2. A Study of Zheng Wenguang’s Mars Series

3. A Scientific Holmes in Post-Mao China: Ye Yonglie and His Science Fiction Thrillers

4. Tong Enzheng and the Motif of Alien Invasions

5. Posthuman Conditions in Xiao Jianheng’s Science Fiction Narratives

6. Tech-Science Fiction and the Four Modernizations

7. Fledgling Media Convergence: PRC Science Fiction from Print to Electronic Media

8. Blooming, Contending, and Boundary-Breaking in a Genre of Government-Backed Literature

Endnotes

Bibliography

Chinese Character Glossary

Index