| 3 |
Gerry Anderson (1929-)
|
Nicholas J. Cull
|
Essay
|
| 7 |
Isaac Asimov (1920-92)
|
Carl Freedman
|
Essay
|
| 12 |
J. G. Ballard (1930-2009)
|
Roger Luckhurst
|
Essay
|
| 17 |
Iain M. Banks (1954-)
|
Andrew M. Butler
|
Essay
|
| 22 |
Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007)
|
Andrew M. Butler
|
Essay
|
| 27 |
Greg Bear (1951-)
|
Roger Luckhurst
|
Essay
|
| 32 |
Alfred Bester (1913-87)
|
Sherryl Vint
|
Essay
|
| 37 |
Leigh Brackett (1915-78)
|
Diane Newell
&
Victoria Lamont
|
Essay
|
| 42 |
Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006)
|
Michael Levy
|
Essay
|
| 47 |
Karel Čapek (1890-1938)
|
John Rieder
|
Essay
|
| 51 |
Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008)
|
Andy Sawyer
|
Essay
|
| 56 |
David Cronenberg (1943-)
|
Stacey Abbott
|
Essay
|
| 61 |
Samuel R. Delaney (1942-)
|
Carl Freedman
|
Essay
|
| 66 |
Philip K. Dick (1928-82)
|
Andrew M. Butler
|
Essay
|
| 71 |
The Doctor (1963-)
|
Peter Wright
|
Essay
|
| 76 |
Greg Egan (1961-)
|
Graham J. Murphy
|
Essay
|
| 81 |
Hugo Gernsback (1884-1967)
|
Gary Westfahl
|
Essay
|
| 86 |
William Gibson (1948-)
|
Neil Easterbrook
|
Essay
|
| 91 |
Donna J. Haraway (1944-)
|
Sherryl Vint
|
Essay
|
| 96 |
Robert A. Heinlein (1907-88)
|
Neil Easterbrook
|
Essay
|
| 101 |
Frank Herbert (1920-86)
|
Adam Roberts
|
Essay
|
| 106 |
Nalo Hopkinson (1960-)
|
Michelle Reid
|
Essay
|
| 111 |
L. Ron Hubbard (1911-86)
|
Adam Roberts
|
Essay
|
| 116 |
Gwyneth Jones (1952-)
|
Sherryl Vint
|
Essay
|
| 121 |
Nigel Kneale (1922-2006)
|
Mark Broughton
|
Essay
|
| 126 |
Stanley Kubrick (1928-99)
|
Mark Bould
|
Essay
|
| 131 |
Fritz Lang (1890-1976)
|
Mark Bould
|
Essay
|
| 136 |
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-)
|
Wendy Gay Pearson
|
Essay
|
| 141 |
Stan Lee (1922-)
|
Abraham Kawa
|
Essay
|
| 147 |
Stanislaw Lem (1921-2006)
|
Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr.
|
Essay
|
| 152 |
George Lucas (1944-)
|
Stacey Abbott
|
Essay
|
| 157 |
China Miéville (1972-)
|
William J. Burling
|
Essay
|
| 161 |
Michael Moorcock (1939-)
|
Rob Latham
|
Essay
|
| 166 |
Alan Moore (1953-)
|
Jim Casey
|
Essay
|
| 171 |
C. L. Moore (1911-87)
|
Brian Attebery
|
Essay
|
| 176 |
Oshii Mamoru (1951-)
|
Susan Napier
|
Essay
|
| 181 |
Kim Stanley Robinson (1952-)
|
John Rieder
|
Essay
|
| 186 |
"Gene" Roddenberry (1921-91)
|
Robin Roberts
|
Essay
|
| 190 |
Joanna Russ (1937-)
|
Douglas Barbour
|
Essay
|
| 195 |
Mary Shelley (1797-1851)
|
Adam Roberts
|
Essay
|
| 200 |
Steven Spielberg (1947-)
|
Mark Bould
|
Essay
|
| 205 |
Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950)
|
Andy Sawyer
|
Essay
|
| 210 |
Neal Stephenson (1959-)
|
Neil Easterbrook
|
Essay
|
| 215 |
J. Michael Straczynski (1954-)
|
Jennifer Woodward
|
Essay
|
| 220 |
Darko Suvin (1930-)
|
Phillip E. Wegner
|
Essay
|
| 225 |
Sheri S. Tepper (1929-)
|
Gwyneth Jones
|
Essay
|
| 230 |
James Tiptree Jr (1915-87)
|
Lisa Yaszek
|
Essay
|
| 235 |
Jules Verne (1828-1905)
|
Arthur B. Evans
|
Essay
|
| 240 |
H. G. Wells (1866-1946)
|
Patrick Parrinder
|
Essay
|
| 245 |
Gene Wolfe (1931-)
|
Joan Gordon
|
Essay
|
| xiii |
Contributors (Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction)
|
uncredited
|
Essay
|
| xx |
Introduction (Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction)
|
Mark Bould
&
Andrew M. Butler
&
Adam Roberts
&
Sherryl Vint
|
Essay
|
