Abstract.

Science fiction, because of its links to science and technology, is the consummate literary vehicle for examining the perception and cultural impact of the mode

This book offers a pioneering critical history of Brazilian science fiction (SF) cinema, from its first appearances in the mid-twentieth century to the present.

The first comprehensive companion to science fiction film as a global, rather than solely Anglo-American, concern.

Fictional narratives produced in Latin America often borrow tropes from contemporary science fiction to examine the shifts in the nature of power in neoliberal