PrefaceIntroduction: Economic Fabling in an Age of Eco-CrisisChapter One The Political Economy of Potato Farming on Mars in Andy Weir's The MartianChapter Two Virtual Commonwealths of the Great Recession: The Obamas' Garden and Farm Management GamesChapter Three Life in the Wilds: Plots of Polity in Harriet Martineau and SurvivorChapter Four Challenging the Privilege of Again: Recursive Plots of Polity in Octavia Butler's Dawn and Nalo Hopkinson's Midnight RobberChapter Five "Should've Kept Better Care of Her": The Political Economy of Joss Whedon's FireflyChapter Six Feast Fables: The Bioeconomics of Turkeys and Roast BeastChapter Seven Yak Burgers and Black Tea: Consumption, Deprivation, and the Literature of Himalayan Adventure TravelChapter Eight Histories, Hedgestories, Herdstories: Beast Fables and Paleo Polities in Recent Animated MoviesBibliographyIndexAbout the Author