Utterly fascinating and wide-ranging, Newitz wires about The relationship between propaganda, advertising, and popular literature in particular science fiction. Some of her case studies could be expected, like the one on The Bell Curve, but some are not, like her chapter on the Indian Wars. She ends the book with a section on why she thinks there's cause for optimism, which I thought was the weakest part of the book, but perhaps others will be less cynical than I am.