Table of Contents:
  • Book I. Science fiction. Classic and general science fiction
  • The aliens are coming! The aliens are coming!
  • Celestial bodies
  • Androids and robots and cyborgs ... oh my!
  • Attack of the killer computers!
  • Cyberpunk
  • are you looking at me? : science fiction with an attitude
  • Virtual reality
  • It's the end of the world : holocaust fiction
  • Alternate history
  • Time travel
  • Superheroes, graphic novels, and genetic engineering
  • Thrills and chills in zero gravity : science-fiction mysteries and thrillers
  • Science-fiction humor
  • Science-fiction and fantasy blenders
  • Telepathic mutants and other weirdos
  • Science-fiction romance and religion
  • Space operas: Star wars ; Star trek
  • Book II. Fantasy. Fantastic fiction
  • The long and longer of it : epic fantasy
  • Questing, questing, questing
  • Fairy tales : not just for kids
  • Larger than life
  • Historical fantasy
  • The dark side of fantasy
  • Ever since I died, I can't sleep at night : vampires, werewolves, ghosts, and other undead
  • Demons loose in the city : urban fantasy
  • Crossing over to the other side
  • Sword and sorcery
  • The magic of music
  • Talking cats, dragons, elves, and other mythological beasties
  • Humorous fantasy
  • You can't keep an elven Sherlock Holmes down : fantasy mysteries
  • Fantasy romance.