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.

RUSSIAN SCIENCE FICTION LITERATURE AND CRITICISM 1956 – 1970: A BIBLIOGRAPHY [see now RUSSIAN SCIENCE FICTION 1956 – 1974: A BIBLIOGRAPHY (1976, 17.150 words)]

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THE SF NOVEL IN 1969 (1970, 3,715 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.chapter 4

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SIGNIFICANT THEMES IN SOVIET CRITICISM OF SCIENCE FICTION TO 1965 (1969, 2,875 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. Chapter 3.

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THE MOON AS A MIRROR TO MAN; OR, LESSONS OF SELENOGRAPHY (1969, 2,760 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. Chapter 2.

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