How great science fiction works

Disc 1. Mary Shelley and the Birth of Science Fiction ; Science Fiction in the 19th Century ; Science Fiction Treatments of History ; Evolution and Deep Time in Science Fiction ; Utopian Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares ; The Rise of the Science Fiction Pulps

Disc 2. The Golden Age of Science Fiction Stories ; The Spaceship as a Science Fiction Icon ; The Robot: From Čapek to Asimov ; The Golden Age of the Science Fiction Novel ; From Mars to Arrakis: The Planet ; The Science Fiction Wasteland

Disc 3. Invasions, Space Wars, and Xenocide ; Religion in Science Fiction ; Science Fiction's New Wave ; Encounters with the Alien Other ; Environmentalism in Science Fiction ; Gender Questions and Feminist Science Fiction

Disc 4. Cyberpunk and the 1980s ; The 1990s: The New Space Opera ; The Artifact as a Science Fiction Icon ; Science Fiction in the 21st Century ; The Future of Science Fiction.