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Masculinity in Contemporary Science Fiction by Men: No Plans for the Future is the first comprehensive study of the self-representation of men in SF novels published in the twenty-first century by male authors. Exploring a broad selection of writers and works, the fourteen chapters present a panoramic overview of men's contributions to current SF and explore their slow but noticeable progress in the representation of gender. The impact of feminism and gender studies, and the demands of readers, have profoundly transformed men's SF, which now presents far more caring and vulnerable male characters. The old stereotypes are being replaced by a collective reflection on how men and masculinity are changing, though the lack of a common agenda results in novels that, while exciting and often challenging, sometimes miss the chance to imagine a better, anti-patriarchal, pro-feminist future for men and for all human beings. The authors analysed include Robert Charles Wilson, Geoff Ryman, Samuel R. Delany, Richard K. Morgan, John Scalzi, Iain M. Banks, Ernest Cline, James S.A. Corey, Colson Whitehead, Andy Weir, Daniel H. Wilson, Ian McDonald, Yoon Ha Lee, Tade Thompson, Neal Stephenson and Kim Stanley Robinson.
Contents
Introduction: A Missing Agenda
How to Stop Future Patriarchy: Robert Charles Wilson's The Chronoliths
Queer SF and the Pursuit of Happiness: Geoff Ryman's Lust *and Samuel R. Delany's *Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders
Body to Body: Ghostly Masculinity in Richard K. Morgan's Takeshi Kovacs Trilogy
The Marrying Kind: John Scalzi's Old Man's War Series
The Soldier, the Villain, and Hell: Iain M. Banks's Surface Detail
Of Nerds and Geeks: Ernest Cline's Ready Player One and Ready Player Two
The Quixotic Space Captain: James S.A. Corey's Expanse Series
Facing Disaster: Colson Whitehead's Zone One and Andy Weir's The Martian
The Hero's Archive and the Evil AIs: Daniel H. Wilson's Robopocalypse and Robogenesis
The Capitalist on the Moon: Ian McDonald's Luna Trilogy
The Revenant General in the Woman's Body: Yoon Ha Lee's Machineries of Empire
The Cowardly Hero That Nobody Likes: Tade Thompson's Wormwood Trilogy
The Billionaire in the Digital Afterlife: Neal Stephenson's Fall; or, Dodge in Hell
Men in Despair: Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future
Conclusion
