SUMMARY
"In this article, I adapt the sociological discussions of utopia by Mannheim and Ricoeur to the study of science fiction. The question of whether the utopias depicted in science fiction contribute to a kind of spiral progression for humanity and its civilization is explored. In particular, I analyse how and why technological utopias challenge the present reality and construct alternate possible worlds through the examination of the utopian metaphors of cyberspace, cyborg and space travel in science fiction from Canada, the United States, Poland, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong."