Preface / ix
Introduction / 3
Part I: What’s Wrong with Science Fiction? / 9
1. The Case against Science Fiction / 11
2. In Defense of Science Fiction / 18
Part II: The Texts / 39
3. The Napoleon of Notting Hill / 41
4. The Man Who Was Thursday / 50
5. The Ball and the Cross / 55
6. The Flying Inn / 65
7. The Distributist Rebellion / 73
8. The Return of Don Quixote / 76
Part III: The Themes / 83
9. Nationalists and Jews / 85
10. Women and Men / 97
11. Medievalism, War, and Men’s Ideals / 104
12. Distributism and Anarchy / 115
13. Darwinism, Scientific and Social / 124
14. Animals and the Royal Animal / 144
15. Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Virtue / 161
16. Miracles and Religion / 174
Conclusion: Thinking Backward / 187
Notes / 201
Index / 241