Posts with SF Studies


SF is Already High Literature

Monday, January 31, 2022
in which I discuss SF as a properly literary genre via Andrew Milner’s Locating Science Fiction
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A Typology of SF Definitions

Monday, January 31, 2022
in which I discuss the three different kinds of SF definitions I have encountered so far
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SF as Constellation

Monday, January 31, 2022
in which I discuss Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr.’s seven beauties of science fiction
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A Historical Definition of SF

Monday, January 31, 2022
in which I describe what I learned from two works by Adam Roberts
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Genre Boundaries: SF and Fantasy

Monday, January 31, 2022
in which I recount a day spent reading Darko Suvin and China Miéville on the difference between SF and Fantasy
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Revisiting Darko Suvin

Monday, January 31, 2022
in which I describe what I (re-)learned today from Darko Suvin’s famous work, Metamorphoses of Science Fiction
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Natural Limits

Monday, June 21, 2021
in which I must bring up the unfortunate topic of Elon Musk
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The Case for Self-Publishing

Monday, June 8, 2020
in which I make the claim that self-publishing, rather than traditional publishing, is the best path for a writer
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Good SF

Sunday, June 7, 2020
in which I review The Garden and Other Stories by Aaron Ramos and discuss the qualities of good SF
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