The essays in this volume examine elements of the fantastic in a variety of media. In an accessible manner, the contributors present fresh approaches to examining the elements of the fantastic in literature, film, music, and popular culture.

Introduction The Kingdom of the Fantastic Changing Kingdoms by Ursula K. Le Guin Myth and Gender in SF and the Gothic No Paradise to Be Lost: Deconstructing the Myth of "Domestic Affection" in [Mary] Shelley's Frankenstein by Rosemary Hathaway Using the Fantastic to Disrupt the Domestic: An Examination of Marriage and Family in Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus and Wise Children by Anna Katsavos Androgyny and Difference in SF by Brian Attebery Androgynous Architecture: Fantasies of Genre-Bending in the British Gothic Novel by Tanya Gardiner-Scott Fantasy, Genre, and the Mainstream The Role of the Fantastic in African Narratives: From Sundiata to Things Fall Apart by William E. Mallory Behemyth Evolving: Whale/Ape/Rocket by Joseph Andriano Apocalyptic Grotesque: The Day of the Locust by Catherine Merrill Unraveling the Mystery of Toni Morrison's Beloved by Beverly Skinner King as Classic: Excellence, Relevance, Endurance by Edwin F. Casebeer The Seductive Doom in Young Adult Fantasy by Greer Watson Fantastic Rock The Moorcock/Hawkwind Connection: A Rock SF Multiverse by Michel Delville Future Legends: David Bowie and Science Fiction by Maureen King Cinema Fantastique I: Fantasy in Representation and Critique Architecture as Duality and Fantasy: Mise en Scene and Boundaries in Tim Burton's Films by Leonard G. Heldreth Beauty in the Beast: Technological Reanimation in the Contemporary Horror Film by Mark J. Charney Screening Desire: Posthuman Couplings in Atom Egoyan's Speaking Parts and David Cronenberg's Videodrome by Rob Latham Cinema Fantastique I: Twice Told Tales A Few Remarks about a Couple of Things: Hawkes and Carpenter Reconfigure Campbell by Michael A. Morrison Version/Inversion: Paranoia in Two Cases of Bodysnatching by Michael Collins Greek Gifts: Vision and Revision in the Two Nights of the Living Dead by Mary Pharr Index About the Contributors