This text looks at the ways science fiction writers have incorporated, explored and revised conventional notions of gender. Although the study draws on feminist insights, it is not exclusively devoted to women writers or the treatment of women characters. Instead it examines both men's and women's writing and the question of sexual difference. Beginning with science fiction's origins (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein) and following to the 21st century, it suggests new perspectives on the field's best-known writers.

This text looks at the ways science fiction writers have incorporated, explored and revised conventional notions of gender. Although the study draws on feminist insights, it is not exclusively devoted to women writers or the treatment of women characters. Instead it examines both men's and women's writing and the question of sexual difference. Beginning with science fiction's origins (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein) and following to the 21st century, it suggests new perspectives on the field's best-known writers.