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Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- I. MEASUREMENT OF THE FANTASTIC -- 1. AN APPROACH TO SCIENCE FICTION -- 2. THE STRUCTURE OF SCIENCE FICTION -- II. THREE DIMENSIONS OF SCIENCE FICTION -- 3. THE HARD SCIENCE TRADITION -- 4. THE NEW WAVE -- 5. THE FANTASY CLUSTER -- III. THE POWER OF IMAGINATION -- 6. THE EFFECTS OF SCIENCE FICTION -- 7. WOMEN IN SCIENCE FICTION -- 8. ENLIGHTENMENT AND TRANSCENDENCE -- APPENDIX. NOTES. BIBLIOGRAPHY. INDEX. -- APPENDIX: QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX