Review: on settler colonialism and science fiction (again)

I have elsewhere drawn attention to what I believe is the intimate relationship between a specifically settler colonial form of consciousness and science fiction.1 Following on from this work, in this review I argue that Cowboys and Aliens (2011) provides a clear example of this relationship. (Its relevance for an understanding of settler colonial sensibilities does not make the movie any less atrocious---it was a well-deserved, resounding flop).