[Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy 40] • The Worlds of Farscape by Ginn, Sherry -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Acknowledgments Introduction

Through the Wormhole and What Crichton Found There

Through the Wormhole Beyond the Wormhole5 Notes Works Cited

Farscape, the Impossible and the Accident

Notes Works Cited

War and Peace by Woody Allen or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Wormhole Weapon

Notes Works Cited

Into the Uncharted Territories

Exploring the Nature of Evil

John Crichton: Pieces of a Fractured Hero Aeryn Sun: Searching for Redemption Scorpius: Caught Between Two Worlds Crichton, Scorpius, and the Shadow-Self3 Ahkna and Staleek: Striving for Unattainable Desires Conclusion Notes Works Cited

The Emperor’s New Farts

Socioeconomic Disenfranchisement and “Colonic Miasma”

Works Cited

’Scaping the Mythic Triad into Uncharted Territories

Hero, Antihero and Villain

Notes Works Cited

Friends, Enemies, Partners, Mates

Examining Relationships in the Uncharted Territories

The Triangular Theory of Love An Evolutionary Explanation About Sex Aeryn Sun: Learning to Be More Pa’u Zotoh Zhaan: Keeping the Darkness at Bay Chiana: Doing Whatever Is Necessary to Get By D’Argo: Looking for Peace Crichton and the Princess: Taking No Chances Rape: Controlling the Powerless Scorpius: Looking for Power and Control Screening Sex and Its Variations9 Conclusions Notes Works Cited

Joining the Conversation

Ben Browder Writes John Crichton

Collaborate and Listen The Red-Eyed Writer Tells His Tale And Then There Were Two All We Need Is Love? A Way Home Notes Works Cited

Friend ... Enemy ... Alien ... Ally

Female Community Aboard Moya

Locating Women in Science Fiction The Conservative Backlash Images of Women in Science Fiction Scholar, Seer, Rebel, Rogue The Trickster Heart of Darkness, Soul of Light The Lonely One Ladies Rule!17 Notes Works Cited

Sentient Space

Moya as Homeplace

There’s No Place Like Home... Sentient Space Concluding Thoughts Notes Works Cited

Of Big Blue Butts and Bias

The Problem Body

On the Fringe of the Margins: Age and Blindness in Farscape Age: The Final Frontier “I must have light!”: Eyes, “Normality” and Vision in Farscape “I am Dorothy Gale from Kansas”: Crichton as Disabled Conclusion Notes Works Cited

The Ballad of John and Aeryn

Notes Works Cited

“Winona has been very reliable”

Female Gendering of Weapons in Fiction and Fact

Notes Works Cited

A Legendary Tale

Scapers and the Myth of Fan Power

The Meaning and Purpose of Myth Farscape Fandom Signiﬁcance Notes Works Cited

Primal Scream—With Accompaniment

Works Cited

Appendix A: Farscape Character List1

Notes

Appendix B: Series Episode List1

Season One Season Two Season Three Season Four Notes

Appendix C: Farscape Bibliography and Filmography1

Notes

About the Contributors List of Names and Terms

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