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Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Politics: Transmedia World-Building Beyond Capitalism c 1700 to c 1800 ‘A devastatingFrom Tolkien to Star Trek, from Game of Thrones to Battlestar Galactica, and from The Walking Dead to Janelle Monae's Afrofuturist concept albums, transmedia world building offers us complex and immersive environments beyond capitalism. This book examines the ways in which these popular storyworlds offer tools for anticapitalist theory and practice. Building on Hardt and Negri's theory of global capitalism, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Politics shows