The year's work in nerds, wonks, and neocons

Introduction: Working in and on Nerds, Wonks, and Neocons, This Year and to Come / Jonathan P. Eburne & Benjamin Schreier

PART I: Through glasses, dorkily. 1 Wonk Masculinity / Dennis Allen ; 2. Surface Worship, Super-Public Intellectuals, and the Suspiciously Common Reader / William J. Maxwell ; 3. Stratigraphic Form: Science Fictions of the Present / Warren Liu ; 4. Obsession, Pathology, and Justice: Nerds, Bodies, Winsor McCay, and the 1893 Chicago Fair / Nathan L. Grant ; 5. The Neoconservative Imagination / Jennifer Glaser.

6. Conservative and Internationalist: George S. Schuyler's Pulp Fiction and the Imperialism of the Oppressed / Sara Marzioli ; 7. The Turing Test and Other Love Songs / Brian Glavey

PART II. Nature, nurture, nerd: ways of being. 8. Sex and the Single Nerd: The Schizo Saga of Genes, Genius, and Finally Getting Some / Judith Roof ; 9. Nerds in Capes: Courtly Love and the Erotics of Medievalism / Jamie Taylor ; 10. Comic Book Kid / Scott T. Smith ; 11. Walking Simulators, #GamerGate, and the Gender of Wandering / Melissa Kagen ; 12. The Fan as Public Intellectual in "RaceFail '09" / Siobhan Carroll ; 13. Autism, Nerds, and Insecurity / Chloe Silverman ; Afterword: Professors without Chairs / Aaron S. Lecklider.

Cover; THE YEAR'S WORK IN NERDS, WONKS, AND NEOCONS; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: Working in and on Nerds, Wonks, and Neocons, This Year and to Come; PART I: THROUGH GLASSES, DORKILY; 1 Wonk Masculinity; 2 Surface Worship, Super-Public Intellectuals, and the Suspiciously Common Reader; 3 Stratigraphic Form: Science Fictions of the Present; 4 Obsession, Pathology, and Justice: Nerds, Bodies, Winsor McCay, and the 1893 Chicago Fair; 5 The Neoconservative Imagination.

6 Conservative and Internationalist: George S. Schuyler's Pulp Fiction and the Imperialism of the Oppressed; 7 The Turing Test and Other Love Songs; PART II: NATURE, NURTURE, NERD: WAYS OF BEING; 8 Sex and the Single Nerd: The Schizo Saga of Genes, Genius, and Finally Getting Some; 9 Nerds in Capes: Courtly Love and the Erotics of Medievalism; 10 Comic Book Kid; 11 Walking Simulators, #GamerGate, and the Gender of Wandering; 12 The Fan as Public Intellectual in "RaceFail '09"; 13 Autism, Nerds, and Insecurity; AFTERWORD: Professors without Chairs; INDEX.