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