Taking up where Of Modern Dragons (2007) left off, these essays continue Lennard'sinvestigation of the praxis of serial reading and the best genre fi ction of recentdecades, including work by Bill James, Walter Mosley, Lois Mcmaster Bujold, andUrsula K. Le Guin. There are groundbreaking studies of contemporary paranormalromance, and of Hornblower's transition to space, while the fi nal essay deals withthe phenomenon and explosive growth of fanfi ction, and with the increasingly empoweredstatus of the reader in a digital world. There is an extensive bibliography ofgenre and critical work, with eight illustrations.