contents

introduction: ideologies of outer space

jim ellis

how we let the moon die, & why it isn’t dead

alice gorman

imaginary voyages to the moon: lucian & his legacy

noreen humble

lucian’s voyage to the moon

translation by keith sidwell

space is part of the land: reconsidering the relationships between astronomy research, outer space exploration & colonialism

hilding neilson

fifty years at the rothney

philip p. langill

life in a parallel universe: the biocene

marjan eggermont

“a kind of continuous conceptual drunkenness”? terraforming & analogy in science fiction

chris pak

science fiction that might have been, or the outer spaces of the gibson collection of speculative fiction

stefania forlini

stellar sequence

kyle flemmer

elyse longair in conversation with naomi potter

galaxy series

dianne bos

david hoffos: on outer & inner space

nancy tousley

the book of the damned

m. n. hutchinson

afterword

robert thirsk

appendix: UN moon treaty,
“agreement governing the activities of states on the moon & other celestial bodies” (december 5, 1979)

contributors