Science Fiction 35

Fantascienza - rivista (66 pagine) - Al videogioco sviluppato da Naughty Dog, diventato una serie televisivsa con Pedro Pascal, è dedicato lo speciale di questo primo numero del 2023 della nostra ri……続きを見る

Discusses how young adult fiction offers new ways of thinking about climate change and definitions of citizenship. The Necessity of Young Adult Fiction argues that YA fiction helps us to think about……続きを見る

Although rule breaking in Harry Potter is sometimes dismissed as a distraction from Harry’s fight against Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter and Resistance makes the case that it is central to the battle ……続きを見る

This work is the first book-length scholarly treatment of Nnedi Okorafor's critically acclaimed fiction. Written for an audience that includes serious fans as well as scholars, it is an introduction……続きを見る

What happens when the classroom and the fantastic meet? When lessons cover spells and potions alongside science and language arts? Through fantastic school stories--fiction involving the intersectio……続きを見る

This volume is an in-depth and exquisitely illustrated guide to the Second Age of Middle-earth, one of the least-explored periods of Arda's history. The Illustrated World of Tolkien: The Second Age,……続きを見る

The book highlights the urban imagination in contemporary Chinese science fiction, in order to assess the capacity of Chinese society to conceive of the future. The author argues that ‘the future’ i……続きを見る

Il libro 'Distruzione: Poema Futurista' scritto da F. T. Marinetti rappresenta un capolavoro del movimento futurista, con un linguaggio sperimentale e visionario che sfida le convenzioni letterarie ……続きを見る

Horror - saggio (123 pagine) - Gettando lo sguardo oltre gli abissi insondati dello spazio, è possibile dare una forma agli incubi più impenetrabili? Questo è quanto il “Bestiario di Lovecraft” tent……続きを見る

Rites of Passage, Liminality, and Community in Octavia E. Butler’s Science Fiction Novels explores the ways in which Octavia Butler’s liminal protagonists undergo ritualized transformations while in……続きを見る

O amor às vezes muda todo o nosso universo. Às vezes, acreditamos que podemos fugir de suas garras e, assim como Susy Evans acreditou, acabamos amando, mas pagando um preço alto. "Juro que nos encon……続きを見る

Pour beaucoup, et de longue date, fantastique rime avec Belgique, au point de devenir un poncif. Or le rapport des écrivains belges francophones à ce « genre » ou plutôt à ce type d’imaginaire se ré……続きを見る

Fantascienza - rivista (63 pagine) - È disponibile online il nuovo numero della nostra rivista di approfondimento, con articoli sul film Ant-Man and Waps: Quantumania, sulla serie TV Hello Tomorrow!……続きを見る

The book 'The Moon Metal' was a science fiction story written by famous American writer Garrett P. Serviss, published in 1900. Serviss was a passionate astronomy writer, in this entertaining novella……続きを見る

In Ex Marginalia, 20 authors of speculative fiction explore what it means to create at the intersections of their multiple marginalities. A gay man pens a letter to his departed muse, an African wom……続きを見る

Some of the earliest books ever written, including The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Odyssey, deal with monsters, marvels, extraordinary voyages, and magic, and this genre, known as fantasy, remained an……続きを見る

No último conto de Sagarana, A Hora e Vez de Augusto Matraga, de Guimarães Rosa, “os personagens têm essa condição de metaforizar suas ações práticas com seus nomes, (...) Nhô Augusto Esteves, das P……続きを見る

This study draws from postcolonial theory, science fiction criticism, utopian studies, genre theory, Western and Indian philosophy and history to propose that Indian science fiction functions at the……続きを見る

Since publication of Thomas More‘s Utopia more than five hundred years ago, there has been a steady stream of literary works that depict a better world; positive utopias in film, however, have been ……続きを見る

The aim of this book is to explore the characteristics of the medieval dragon and discuss the sometimes differing views found in the relevant medieval text types. Based on an intimate knowledge of t……続きを見る

One of the few points critics and readers can agree upon when discussing the fiction popularly known as New Space Opera – a recent subgenre movement of science fiction – is its canny engagement with……続きを見る

Darwinian Feminism in Early Science Fiction provides the first detailed scholarly examination of women’s SF in the early magazine period before the Second World War. Tracing the tradition of women’s……続きを見る

Horror and Religion is an edited collection of essays offering structured discussions of spiritual and theological conflicts in Horror fiction from the late-sixteenth to the twenty-first century. Co……続きを見る

Plants have played key roles in science fiction novels, graphic novels and film. John Wyndham’s triffids, Algernon Blackwood’s willows and Han Kang’s sprouting woman are just a few examples. Plants ……続きを見る

The end of the second millennium witnessed an increase in science-fictional apocalyptic narratives globally. There is a noteworthy difference between such fictions from Latin America and the angloph……続きを見る

Since the publication of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, fantasy fiction authors have used not only literary tales to build intricate secondary worlds, but also maps and lore from classic ……続きを見る

Fantasy - saggio (53 pagine) - Streghe, fate, elfi, nani, mutaforma, vampiri, centauri, draghi… le storie fantasy non sarebbero le stesse senza di loro! Ma da dove derivano questi personaggi necessa……続きを見る

'Fascinating.... Wonderfully exhilarating.' Mail on Sunday Finalist for The Tolkien Society Best Book Award An engaging, original and radical reassessment of J.R.R. Tolkien, revealing how his vision……続きを見る

Fantascienza - rivista (65 pagine) - È disponibile il numero 244 della nostra rivista di approfondimento, con uno speciale sulla terza stagione di The Mandalorian e servizi su Edgar Rice Burroughs e……続きを見る

Welcoming over 700 delegates across the two-day event, the 2021 Tolkien Society summer seminar was the highest attended event in the Society's history. It invited scholars to consider the role that ……続きを見る