Speculative blackness : the future of race in science fiction / André M. Carrington.

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2016]

282 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Introduction: the whiteness of science fiction and the speculative fiction of blackness -- Josh Brandon's blues: inventing the black fan -- Space race woman: Lieutenant Uhura beyond the bridge -- The immortal storm: permutations of race in Marvel comics -- Controversy and crossover in milestone media's icon -- The golden ghetto and the glittering parentheses: the once and future Benjamin Sisko -- Dreaming in color: racial revisions in fan fiction -- Coda.

Includes bibliographical references and index.