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Tag Archives: dystopia
Young Adult Gothic Fiction, Vampire Dystopia
Another excellent edited collection which I am grateful to be included in is now out from University of Wales Press: Young Adult Gothic Fiction: Monstrous Selves/Monstrous Others, ed. by Michelle J. Smith and Kristine Moruzi (Cardiff; University of Wales Press, … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles
Tagged apocalypse, dystopia, Genre, Holly Black, Hunger Games, neoliberalism, Paranormal romance, Vampires, YA Gothic
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CFPs: Dark Economies, Lovecraft Country, Zombies
Some excitng CFPs for conferences here–the deadline for ‘Dark Econimies’ is very soon, so hurry! 1. ‘Dark Economies: Anxious Futures, Fearful Pasts‘, Falmouth University, UK, 7-9 July 2021. A face-to-face conference! Deadline: 1 February 2021. The present is dark. With … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences)
Tagged Afrofuturism, dystopia, Economics, games, Gothic, H. P. Lovecraft, horror, race, TV, Zombies
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CFP – Special issue of Revenant Apocalyptic Waste: Studies in Environmental Threat and Nightmare Spaces
Call for Papers: Special issue of Revenant (www.revenantjournal.com) Apocalyptic Waste: Studies in Environmental Threat and Nightmare Spaces Deadline for Abstract Submissions: January 31st 2020 Contact E-mail: M.Crofts@hull.ac.uk Guest Editors: Matt Crofts and Layla Hendow, University of Hull. The post-apocalyptic wasteland … Continue reading
Posted in Call for Articles
Tagged apocalypse, CFP, dystopia, eco-Gothic, environment, Gothic landscapes, landscape
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H.G. Wells Society Annual Conference 2019
Men in the Moon: The Ideas and Correspondence of H.G. Wells and Sir Winston Churchill Churchill War Rooms, Clive Steps, King Charles Street, London, SW1A 2AQ21 September 2019 Keynote Speakers: Richard Jones, Professor Michael Smith, and Professor Richard Toye, University … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Events
Tagged dystopia, H. G. Wells, London, science, science fiction, utopia, Winston Churchill
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CFPs: Utopia & Dystopia, Gothic mashup, Screening loss, SyFy films, Gothic games, performing fairy
1. First, a conference CFP: Utopia & Dystopia: Conference on the Fantastic in Media Entertainment, University of Southern Denmark, 28-29 May 2020. Deadline: 10 December 2019. This conference invites new research in the fantastic. Why is the fantastic more popular … Continue reading
Posted in Call for Articles, CFP (Conferences)
Tagged creative writing, dystopia, fairy, Film, Gothic, grief, horror, Hybridity, loss, mash-ups, performance, syfy, utopia
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YA Fiction Reading Lists: Otherness and Oddity
Some more tempting reading lists of YA fiction for you. First, from Penguin Teen, ‘10 YA Characters Who Will Mess with Your Mind‘: a list of novels with unreliable narrators or narrators who unsettle. I would add to this the … Continue reading
Posted in Reading Lists
Tagged dystopia, Fantasy, Genre, otherness, Paranormal romance, realism, SF, YA Fiction
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Angela Carter — Resources
Still commemorating Angela Carter, twenty-five years after her death, here are some more useful links: Here’s a great article by John Dugdale on Carter’s legacy, including her influence in music: ‘Angela’s influence: what we owe to Carter‘ (though some connections … Continue reading
Posted in Resources
Tagged Angela Carter, Beauty and the Beast, dystopia, Fairy tales, Feminism, Intertextuality, journalism, music
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Disco and Dystopia
With regard to Sam’s remarks on my previous post of a disco Walpurgisnacht, where we saw disco music as antithetical to Gothic, I was just reminded of this. It’s a dystopian Dr Moreau-like fantasy of science going wrong and mutating … Continue reading
Trends in YA paranormal fiction
While procrastinating the other day, I found myself browsing the recommendations that Amazon makes, following a chain of YA paranormal fiction. Three hours later, I recovered from my obsessive frenzy to find £260 worth of books in my basket. The … Continue reading
‘How to Find Hope in Dystopian Fiction’
Though I like a good dystopian novel, they can often be very pessimistic and depressing. So this article, ‘How to Find Hope in Dystopian Fiction’, is perfect for me and hopefully it will help others find a ray of sunshine … Continue reading