 The study describes the evolution of the fan community to include cyberpunk youth culture as well as gay, lesbian and feminist fans.In a review in "Media, Culture & Society", Vincent Campbell praised the book for useful details on the active role of the fan community in production of texts in the genre but criticized it for too heavily engaging in description at the cost of analysis.In a review in "Extrapolation", Dirk Remly noted some imbalance between the three sections of the book but praised it as "an outstanding guide to the historical, social, and political dynamics of the science fiction literary marketplace".