1. Introduction: Lucian's Promethean poetics: hybridity, fiction and the postmodern 2. Toxaris: microfiction and the Greek novel 3. Philopseudes: philosophy of fiction, drama of reading 4. Semiotic fictions: the lector in fabula from The Incredible Things Beyond Thule to The Name of the Rose 5. Beyond Thule: adventures at the edge of the text 6. Lucian's True Stories: travels in hyperreality 7. Conclusion: fiction and the wonder-culture of the Roman Empire.
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