Science
fiction and socialism have always had a close relationship. Many
science fiction novelists and filmmakers have used the genre to examine
explicit or implicit Marxist concerns. Red Planets is an accessible and
lively account, which makes an ideal introduction to anyone interested
in the politics of science fiction. The volume covers a rich variety of
examples from Weimar cinema to mainstream Hollywood films, and novelists
from Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Philip K. Dick, and Thomas Disch to
Ursula K. Le Guin, Kim Stanley Robinson, Ken MacLeod, and Charles
Stross. Contributors include Matthew Beaumont, William J. Burling, Carl
Freedman, Darren Jorgensen, Rob Latham, Iris Luppa, Andrew Milner, John
Rieder, Steven Shaviro, Sherryl Vint, and Phillip Wegner.