David Seed is Professor in the School of English at Liverpool University. He has published books on Joseph Heller, Thomas Pynchon, science fiction and the Cold War, and cultural representations of brainwashing. He edits the Science Fiction series of Liverpool University Press and serves as a consulting editor for the journal Science Fiction Studies.
?The volume as a whole successfully acquaints diligent readers with an array of substantive avenues of critical inquiry into science fiction ? Highly recommended. Choice ?[This] Companion provides unusual depth and detail ? The main strengths here are the distinguished roster of contributors, who have plenty of thought-provoking ideas ? Anyone seeking an immersion course in the history and criticism of [science fiction] today will find that their time is well repaid.? Science Fiction Studies