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.

COUNTER-PROJECTS: WILLIAM MORRIS AND THE SF OF THE 1880s (1988, 4,310 words)

Posted on 11 April 1993 by darkosuvin

COUNTER-PROJECTS: WILLIAM MORRIS AND THE SF OF THE 1880’S (1988) 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. ch28

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VISIONS OFF YAMADA (poem, 1988)

Posted on 11 April 1993 by darkosuvin

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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POEMS OF DOUBT AND HOPE 1983-88 (2,325 words)

Posted on 9 April 1993 by darkosuvin

a/ 12 Diary Poems of the Mid-1980s

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UTOPIA IN THE ASIAN EIGHTIES: FIVE SONGLETS (1983-89, 800 words)

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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.ch25

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[WITH CHARLES ELKINS] ON TEACHING SF CRITICALLY (1979-88, 4,200 words)

Posted on 9 April 1993 by darkosuvin
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FOR A SOCIAL THEORY OF SCIENCE FICTION: PROGRAMMATIC REFLECTIONS (1977-88, 9,140 words)

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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.chapter 12

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PREFACE TO THE JAPANESE EDITION OF “METAMORPHOSES OF SCIENCE FICTION” (1987, 2,700 words)

Posted on 9 April 1993 by darkosuvin

PREFACE TO THE JAPANESE EDITION OF “METAMORPHOSES OF SCIENCE FICTION” (1987) Darko Suvin 1. This book was first conceived and worked upon in Yugoslavia in the 1950s and 60s; it was written in its present form in North America and … Continue reading →

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THE SCIENCE-FICTION NOVEL AS EPIC NARRATION: FOR A FUSION OF ‘FORMAL’ AND ‘SOCIOLOGICAL’ ANALYSIS (1980-1985, 5,530 words)

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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.ch19

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PLAYFUL COGNIZING, OR TECHNICAL ERRORS IN HARMONYVILLE: THE SF OF JOHANNA AND GÜNTER BRAUN (1981 AND 1987, 3,870 words)

Posted on 9 April 1993 by darkosuvin

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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SCIENCE FICTION: METAPHOR, PARABLE, AND CHRONOTOPE (WITH THE BAD CONSCIENCE OF REAGANISM) (1984, 12,120 words)

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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.ch22

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