Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1945

Valerie Estelle Frankel teaches at Mission College and San Jose City College.

• IntroductionChapter 1: Roots of Fantasy: The Monsters of Jewish FolkloreChapter 2: Speculative Fiction in the New WorldChapter 3: The Golden Age: American Science Fiction BeginsChapter 4: Stereotypes Proliferate: A Darkening Western EuropeChapter 5: Eastern Europe’s Social Science FictionChapter 6: Kafka’s Great LegacyChapter 7: The Old-New Land: From Zionism to Israeli LiteratureChapter 8: Fighting Hitler Onscreen: Marxes, Stooges, and MoreChapter 9: More Golden Ages: Superman, Captain America, Dr. SeussConclusionWorks CitedIndexAbout the Author

I have a special appreciation for Valerie Frankel’s compilation of this, the first volume of her Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy series. As the contributor of a 20-page entry to the Encyclopedia Judaica (2nd Edition) on the same topic back in 1999, I thought I’d hit all the beats. Alas, not even close. Yids in space!? You have no idea. Scholars and fans rejoice, because this mammoth and indispensable undertaking will not soon be surpassed.