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.

PARABLES OF DE-ALIENATION: LE GUIN’S WIDDERSHINS DANCE (1975, 7,140 words)

Posted on 7 April 1975 by darkosuvin

PARABLES OF DE-ALIENATION LE GUIN’S WIDDERSHINS DANCE (1975) 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 10

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JAMES BLISH, 1921-1975 (1975, 715 words)

Posted on 7 April 1975 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.chapter 8

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FOUR WORRIES ON SCIENCE FICTION CONTEXTS (1970-75, 5,570 words)

Posted on 7 April 1975 by darkosuvin

Four Worries on Science Fiction Contexts (1970-75)-Is the Publisher Always Right?  (1970-72)-SF Writers, the Great Consensus, and Non-Alignment  (1973)-On Tony Wolk in SFS #8: Does Criticism Have Premises?  (1976)-SF and Pulp-Paper Publishing Practices  (1974) D. Suvin, Parables of Freedom and … Continue reading →

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SF AND THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS (1973, 7,315 words)

Posted on 7 April 1973 by darkosuvin

SF AND THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS (1973) On Ursula K. Le Guin:SF and The Left Hand of Darkness  (1973) D. Suvin, Parables of Freedom and Narrative Logics: Positions and Presuppositions in Science Fiction and Utopianism, 2 Vols. Ed. Eric … Continue reading →

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A, B AND C: THE SIGNIFICANT CONTEXT OF SF: A DIALOGUE OF COMFORT AGAINST TRIBULATION (1973, 3,670 words)

Posted on 7 April 1973 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.chapter 6

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DEFINING THE LITERARY GENRE OF UTOPIA: SOME HISTORICAL SEMANTICS, SOME GENOLOGY, A PROPOSAL, AND A PLEA (1973, 9,300 words)

Posted on 2 January 1973 by darkosuvin

For if the matter be attentively considered, a sound argument may be drawn from Poesy, to show that there is agreeable to the spirit of man a more ample greatness, a more perfect order, and a more beautiful variety than … Continue reading →

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SF AND THE GENOLOGICAL JUNGLE (1973, 7,700 words)

Posted on 2 January 1973 by darkosuvin

Thanks to the Greeks, we can distinguish tragedy from comedy in drama. […] When we come to deal with such forms as the masque, opera, movie, ballet, puppet-play, mystery-play, morality, corn-media dell’arte, and Zauberspiel, we find ourselves in the position … Continue reading →

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ESTRANGEMENT AND COGNITION (1972 new, 5,400 words)

Posted on 30 December 1972 by darkosuvin
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CRITICISM OF THE STRUGATSKY BROTHERS’ WORK (1972, 3,950 words)

Posted on 17 April 1972 by darkosuvin

First published in a much longer version in Canadian-American Slavic Studies 6.2: 286-307. , 1972 My original longish 1972 essay, to which the reader is respectfully referred, used a bibliography of 96 units of criticism for a survey of the … Continue reading →

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AGAINST COMMON SENSE: LEVELS OF SF CRITICISM (1972, 3,350 words)

Posted on 7 April 1972 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.chapter 5

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