Cover; Decoding Gender in Science Fiction; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Secret Decoder Ring; Chapter 2 From Neat Idea to Trope; Chapter 3 Animating the Inert: Gender and Science in the Pulps; Chapter 4 Super Men; Chapter 5 Wonder Women; Chapter 6 Women Alone, Men Alone; Chapter 7 Androgyny as Difference; Chapter 8 ""But Aren't Those Just ... You Know, Metaphors?""; Chapter 9 Who Farms the Future?; Works Cited; Index