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Acknowledgements Contents Notes on Contributors List of Figures Chapter 1: Introduction: New Perspectives A Brief History of German SF A Renaissance of German SF The German Contribution to SF New Perspectives Explained References Part I: New Inspirations Chapter 2: Going Round in Cycles: Time Travel and Determinism in the Netflix Show Dark Time Travel as ‘Novum’: Mysterious Passages and Ancient Symbols Theoretical Discussions: Wormholes, Dimensions, Paradoxes Cyclical Time: The Lunar-Solar Cycle and Eternal Recurrence Family Ties: Personal Connections as a Motor of Time Travel Changing the Past: Determinism, Free Will, and Desire Becoming What You Are: Destiny, Continuity of Self, and Technological Evolution Conclusion References Chapter 3: Popular German Science Fiction Film and European Migration Migration in Popular Discourses Migration and German Science Fiction Film and Television Volt Aufbruch ins Ungewisse Immigration Game Reception References Chapter 4: White German Agency in the Science Fiction Films Transfer (2010), Die kommenden Tage (2010), Hell (2011) German SF Cinema at the Intersection of Race, Politics, and Finance Transfer’s Body-Swapping Hell Hell’s Hellish Hell The Coming Days’ White Teutonic Hell And On and On References Part II: New Criticism Chapter 5: Apocalyptic Greeneries: Climate, Vegetation, and the End of the World Broken Promises Stone Age (Ransmayr) Ice Age (Kracht) There Is No “Back” to Nature (Fritsch) References Chapter 6: The Language of Ice in the Anthropocene: German Science Fiction and Eco-Literature Historical Background Dominating Nature: Ice in Eiszeit in Europa? Ice as Home: EisTau and “Der Gletscher” Ice as a Way to Redefine Identity: Ins Nordlicht blicken Conclusion References Chapter 7: Environmental Destruction and Misogyny in Karen Duve’s Novel Macht Karen Duve’s Criticism of Modern Society Climate Change, Violence, and Power Relations Unequal Power in Gender Relations Conclusion References Part III: New Identities Chapter 8: The Paradoxes of Illness and Health in Juli Zeh’s Corpus Delicti The Health Dictatorship Mia: Emotion Work Moritz: Fear and Loss Mia: Quest and Voice Conclusion References Chapter 9: Coming to Terms with the Present: Critical Theory and Critical Posthumanism in Contemporary German Science Fiction Critical Posthumanism, Critical Theory, and Dystopia From Dystopia to Utopia in Dath’s Die Abschaffung der Arten Stasis and “Eternal Return”: Jirgl’s Nichts von euch auf Erden References Chapter 10: The End of Humanity’s Monotony: Posthumanism and Artificial Life in Dietmar Dath’s The Abolition of Species and Venus’ Victory Augmented Posthumanism Continued Thought Experiments Imagination Prevails in Science and Social Fiction “The Doing, not the Things” References Chapter 11: Optimizing the Human: A Posthuman Taxonomy in the Works of Theresa Hannig Automation and the State Biological Humanity Digital Humanity Posthumanity References Part IV: New Boundaries Chapter 12: Marc-Uwe Kling’s QualityLand: “Funny Dystopia” as Social and Political Commentary Peter’s Problem Critical Dystopia, Satire, Anxiety Critique of Capitalism Conclusion: Defining the Funny Dystopia References Chapter 13: Beyond the ‘Last Man’ Narrative: Notes on Thomas Glavinicʼs Night Work (2008) Genre Tradition, End-Time Poetry, or Philosophical SF? Identity, Worldliness, and Time References Chapter 14: A Utopianism That Transcends Books: Dirk C. Fleck’s Ecological Science Fiction Literary Utopianism Utopian Politics Equilibrism References Chapter 15: Conclusion: Dark Mirrors? German Science Fiction in the Twenty-First Century The Apocalyptic Desire German Science Fiction at the Crossroads Toward a Concrete Utopia Artificial Intelligence to the Rescue? A Human Post-Humanity? Conclusion References Index

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