Populating the Future - Families and Reproduction in Speculative Fiction

This book aims to investigate the concept of reproduction as it is imagined in speculative fiction. The focus is on reproduction in science fiction novels, short stories, films and young adult fiction. We investigate how speculative fiction deals with this topic and how it relates to previous concepts of reproduction. Reproductive methods, motherhood and parenthood are now being renegotiated in social, political and cultural arenas. As an experimental thought laboratory, speculative fiction is a good starting point for discussing alternative family structures, reproductive techniques, practices and, above all, the consequences of the choices. The authors of the different chapters relate to fiction and earlier research in the field to contextualise their findings.