CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
INTRODUCTION
Colonial Modernity and Chinese Science Fiction 1
1 GENRE TROUBLE 27
2 LU XUN, SCIENCE, FICTION 46
3 WU JIANREN AND LATE QING SF 60
4 SF FOR THE NATION 93
5 MAKING ROOM FOR SCIENCE 108
6 LAO SHE’S CITY OF CATS 125
7 WHITHER SF / WITHER SF 146
CONCLUSION 181
Notes 187
Glossary of Chinese Terms 211
Bibliography 217
Index 243
