Category Archives: 1. SF & UTOPIANISM

THIS IS A DESCENDING CHRONOLOGICAL LIST, FROM 2022 BACKWARDS. REASON: ALL POSITIONS ARE HISTORICAL, AND THEY ARE BEST UNDERSTOOD IN CONNEXION WITH ITS MOMENT. LATER ENTRIES MAY MODIFY EARLIER POSITIONS.

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

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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

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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.

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WHAT REMAINS OF ZAMYATIN’S WE AFTER THE CHANGE OF LEVIATHANS? OR, MUST COLLECTIVISM BE AGAINST PEOPLE? (1999-2000, 14,030 words)

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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.

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HOW TO USE UTOPIA (1999-2000, 1,940 words)

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THE DOLDRUMS: EIGHT NASTY POEMS OF 1989-99 (1,730 words)

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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

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ON COGNITION AS ART AND POLITICS: REFLECTIONS FOR A TOOLKIT (1997-99, 16,200 words)

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UTOPIANISM FROM ORIENTATION TO AGENCY:  WHAT ARE WE INTELLECTUALS UNDER POST-FORDISM TO DO?  (1997-98, 17,395 words)

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