Andrew Milner, Ph.D. (1977), London School of Economics, is Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at Monash University. He has published monographs, edited collections and many articles in the sociology of literature, cultural theory and science fiction studies. J.R. Burgmann, B.A. Hons (2013), University of Melbourne, is a Ph.D. student in Creative Writing at Monash University, where he is working on a climate fiction novel.

• Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Introduction Andrew Milner and J.R. Burgmann: An Interview Part 1 Sociology of Literature1 Sociology and Literature 2 The "English" Ideology: Literary Criticism in England and Australia 3 The Protestant Epic and the Spirit of Capitalism 4 On the Beach: Apocalyptic Hedonism and the Origins of Postmodernism 5 Loose Canons and Fallen Angels 6 Dissenting, Plebeian, but Belonging, Nonetheless: Bourdieu and Williams 7 Deconstructing National Literature: Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies and Critical Theory 8 It's the Conscience Collective, Stupid: Philosophical Aesthetics and the Sociology of Art 9 Science Fiction and the Literary Field 10 World Systems and World Science Fiction Part 2 Cultural Materialism11 Considerations on English Marxism 12 Literature, History and Post-Althusserianism 13 The Revolutions in Favour of Capital14 Cultural Materialism, Culturalism and Post-Culturalism: The Legacy of Raymond Williams 15 Cultural Studies and Cultural Hegemony: Comparing Britain and Australia 16 Class and Cultural Production: The Intelligentsia as a Social Class 17 Left Out? Marxism, the New Left and Cultural Studies 18 From Media Imperialism to Semioterrorism Part 3 Science Fiction19 Utopia and Science Fiction in Raymond Williams 20 Darker Cities: Urban Dystopia and Science Fiction Cinema 21 Postmodern Gothic: Buffy, The X-Files and the Clinton Presidency 22 Framing Catastrophe: The Problem of Ending in Dystopian Fiction 23 Archaeologies of the Future: Jameson's Utopia or Orwell's Dystopia? 24 Time Travelling: Or, How (Not) to Periodise a Genre 25 The Sea and Eternal Summer: An Australian Apocalypse 26 Ice, Fire and Flood: Science Fiction and the Anthropocene Andrew Milner co-authored with J.R. Burgmann, Rjurik Davidson and Susan Cousin Conclusion: Towards 2050 Andrew Milner and J.R. Burgmann: A Dialogue Bibliography Index

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Andrew Milner, Ph.D. (1977), London School of Economics, is Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at Monash University. He has published monographs, edited collections and many articles in the sociology of literature, cultural theory and science fiction studies. J.R. Burgmann, B.A. Hons (2013), University of Melbourne, is a Ph.D. student in Creative Writing at Monash University, where he is working on a climate fiction novel.

• Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Introduction Andrew Milner and J.R. Burgmann: An Interview Part 1 Sociology of Literature1 Sociology and Literature 2 The "English" Ideology: Literary Criticism in England and Australia 3 The Protestant Epic and the Spirit of Capitalism 4 On the Beach: Apocalyptic Hedonism and the Origins of Postmodernism 5 Loose Canons and Fallen Angels 6 Dissenting, Plebeian, but Belonging, Nonetheless: Bourdieu and Williams 7 Deconstructing National Literature: Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies and Critical Theory 8 It's the Conscience Collective, Stupid: Philosophical Aesthetics and the Sociology of Art 9 Science Fiction and the Literary Field 10 World Systems and World Science Fiction Part 2 Cultural Materialism11 Considerations on English Marxism 12 Literature, History and Post-Althusserianism 13 The Revolutions in Favour of Capital14 Cultural Materialism, Culturalism and Post-Culturalism: The Legacy of Raymond Williams 15 Cultural Studies and Cultural Hegemony: Comparing Britain and Australia 16 Class and Cultural Production: The Intelligentsia as a Social Class 17 Left Out? Marxism, the New Left and Cultural Studies 18 From Media Imperialism to Semioterrorism Part 3 Science Fiction19 Utopia and Science Fiction in Raymond Williams 20 Darker Cities: Urban Dystopia and Science Fiction Cinema 21 Postmodern Gothic: Buffy, The X-Files and the Clinton Presidency 22 Framing Catastrophe: The Problem of Ending in Dystopian Fiction 23 Archaeologies of the Future: Jameson's Utopia or Orwell's Dystopia? 24 Time Travelling: Or, How (Not) to Periodise a Genre 25 The Sea and Eternal Summer: An Australian Apocalypse 26 Ice, Fire and Flood: Science Fiction and the Anthropocene Andrew Milner co-authored with J.R. Burgmann, Rjurik Davidson and Susan Cousin Conclusion: Towards 2050 Andrew Milner and J.R. Burgmann: A Dialogue Bibliography Index

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Andrew Milner, Ph.D. (1977), London School of Economics, is Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at Monash University. He has published monographs, edited collections and many articles in the sociology of literature, cultural theory and science fiction studies. J.R. Burgmann, B.A. Hons (2013), University of Melbourne, is a Ph.D. student in Creative Writing at Monash University, where he is working on a climate fiction novel.

• Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Introduction Andrew Milner and J.R. Burgmann: An Interview Part 1 Sociology of Literature1 Sociology and Literature 2 The "English" Ideology: Literary Criticism in England and Australia 3 The Protestant Epic and the Spirit of Capitalism 4 On the Beach: Apocalyptic Hedonism and the Origins of Postmodernism 5 Loose Canons and Fallen Angels 6 Dissenting, Plebeian, but Belonging, Nonetheless: Bourdieu and Williams 7 Deconstructing National Literature: Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies and Critical Theory 8 It's the Conscience Collective, Stupid: Philosophical Aesthetics and the Sociology of Art 9 Science Fiction and the Literary Field 10 World Systems and World Science Fiction Part 2 Cultural Materialism11 Considerations on English Marxism 12 Literature, History and Post-Althusserianism 13 The Revolutions in Favour of Capital14 Cultural Materialism, Culturalism and Post-Culturalism: The Legacy of Raymond Williams 15 Cultural Studies and Cultural Hegemony: Comparing Britain and Australia 16 Class and Cultural Production: The Intelligentsia as a Social Class 17 Left Out? Marxism, the New Left and Cultural Studies 18 From Media Imperialism to Semioterrorism Part 3 Science Fiction19 Utopia and Science Fiction in Raymond Williams 20 Darker Cities: Urban Dystopia and Science Fiction Cinema 21 Postmodern Gothic: Buffy, The X-Files and the Clinton Presidency 22 Framing Catastrophe: The Problem of Ending in Dystopian Fiction 23 Archaeologies of the Future: Jameson's Utopia or Orwell's Dystopia? 24 Time Travelling: Or, How (Not) to Periodise a Genre 25 The Sea and Eternal Summer: An Australian Apocalypse 26 Ice, Fire and Flood: Science Fiction and the Anthropocene Andrew Milner co-authored with J.R. Burgmann, Rjurik Davidson and Susan Cousin Conclusion: Towards 2050 Andrew Milner and J.R. Burgmann: A Dialogue Bibliography Index

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