"This imaginative and ambitious work brilliantly insists on the relevance of Italy's distinctive contribution to global science fiction. Brioni and Comberiati take us on an exciting journey, from nineteenth-century future histories to postmodern dystopias, and skillfully trace the multiple intersecting rays cast by transnational generic conventions and local and regional hopes, fears and dreams. A remarkably original perspective on Italian literature and film, this book offers rich materials and nuanced critical reflections that will expand the ways we think about SF and cultural difference." (Florian Mussgnug, Reader in Italian and Comparative Literature, University College of London, UK) "By tracing a history of Italian science fiction literature and film on the representation of the Other, this book is an ethical, critical study that focuses on histories and subjectivities that have been silenced and forgotten. A timely book that finally fills a gap, Italian Science Fiction is destined to become a standard reference for both established and new scholars interested in the history of science fiction and its development in Italian literature and cinema." (Raffaella Baccolini, Professor of English and Gender Studies, University of Bologna, Forlì Campus, Italy) "With Italian Science Fiction: The Other in Literature and Film , Brioni and Comberiati meaningfully engage the pertinent political and cultural issues of today regarding the presence of racism, national belonging, and colonialism in Italy while placing a spotlight on gothic themes used to generate fear of the other. Their chronological approach takes readers on an absorbing journey from the nineteenth century Italian colonization effort in Africa to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and beyond." (Isiah Lavender III, Sterling-Goodman Professor of English, University of Georgia, USA).