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Tag Archives: utopia
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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Ursula Le Guin: Tributes and Analysis
Some more valuable links to material on the wonderful Ursula K. Le Guin who, sadly, died on Monday (22 January 2017). Tributes from her fellow writers in SF and fantasy: ‘The Science Fiction and Fantasy Community Remembers Ursula K. Le … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts, Resources
Tagged Fantasy, Fredric Jameson, Genre, Marxism, SF, speculative fiction, Ursula Le Guin, utopia, utopianism
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An Interview with Ursula Le Guinn
Fascinating interview with the seminal fantasy and science fiction writer Ursula Le Guinn, author of the children’s YA Earthsea series, the classic SF novels The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed, and many others. Le Guin discusses world-building, the ‘soft’ sciences … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews
Tagged anarchism, anthropology, Fantasy, Feminism, myth, science, SF, Ursula Le Guin, utopia
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The Works of H. G. Wells
This is an excellent blog devoted to reading through the work of H. G. Wells, with critical summaries of each text. I have added a permanent link in the Related Links section on the right-hand side of the Blog and … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts, Resources
Tagged fantastic literature, Fantasy, H. G. Wells, SF, utopia
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