Category Archives: 1. SF & UTOPIANISM
ON THE STRUGATSKY BROTHERS (1974-2003, 9,630 words)
ON THE STRUGATSKY BROTHERS:The SF Opus of the Strugatsky Brothers (1974-81 and 1990)An E-Mail to Russia (2003) D. Suvin, Parables of Freedom and Narrative Logics: Positions and Presuppositions in Science Fiction and Utopianism, 2 Vols. Ed. Eric D. Smith. Oxford: … Continue reading
ON PHILIP K. DICK (1975-2002)
On Philip K. Dick (2 essays): Philip K. Dick’s Opus: Artifice as Refuge and Worldview (1975, 8,060 words)Goodbye and Hello: Differentiating within the Later P.K. Dick (2002, 15,050 words) D. Suvin, Parables of Freedom and Narrative Logics: Positions and Presuppositions … Continue reading
SF PARABLES OF MUTATION AND CLONING AS/AND COGNITION (2002, 8,760 words)
D. Suvin, Parables of Freedom and Narrative Logics: Positions and Presuppositions in Science Fiction and Utopianism, 2 Vols. Ed. Eric D. Smith. Oxford: P. Lang, 2021.
CONSIDERING THE SENSE OF “FANTASY” OR “FANTASTIC FICTION”: AN EFFUSION (1999-2001, 21,780 words)
0. Fantasy: Why Bother?; 1. Some Preconditions for Approaching Fantasy; 2. On What Fantastic Fiction Is Not; 3. In medias res: The Genres of Ahistorical Alternative Worlds; 4. Some Dilemmas on Uses and Values of Fantasy.
WITH SOBER, ESTRANGING EYES (1998, 19,180 words)
WITH SOBER, ESTRANGING EYES (1998) D. Suvin, Parables of Freedom and Narrative Logics: Positions and Presuppositions in Science Fiction and Utopianism, 2 Vols. Ed. Eric D. Smith. Oxford: P. Lang, 2021.ch31