Description: Overall, however, this is a remarkably strong collection, due in no small part to its accessibility. The essays all demonstrate clear writing that never becomes bogged down in pretentious, obfuscating jargon. . . . In short, clear and insightful historically informed essays form the core of this fascinating book.--Jeremy Withers "Science Fiction Studies" This collection is the first to critically engage with how cities are represented in fantasy, horror, and science fiction. The essays are intriguing and will serves as a starting point for further research and analysis of fantastic urban landscapes.--P. J. Kurtz "CHOICE" Fantastic Cities is overall a superb collection of essays that will resonate with scholars studying sf, genre fiction, and ecocriticism in particular.--Hogan Schaak "Extrapolation" Fantastic Cities provides a comprehensive survey of 'the city' as it is represented in fantastic fiction across centuries, continents, cultures, and genres. The authors featured in this anthology successfully draw together a range of humanistic and social science critical frameworks to make sense of the fantastic city as a powerful way to express our collective hopes and fears about science, technology, society, and futurity.--Lisa Yaszek, coeditor of Literary Afrofuturism in the Twenty-First Century

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