Science Fiction Criticism

by Rob Latham;

Robida, Albert here

  Robins, Kevin here–here, here

  Robinson Crusoe (Defoe) here

  Robinson, Douglas here

  Robinson, Kim Stanley here

  robot(s) here, here, here

  alt.sex.fetish.robots here–here

  see also artificial beings; cyborg(s); humanoids; machine(s)

  Rocketship X-M (film) here

  Rodan (film) here, here

  Rogers, Kay here, here, here–here, here

  Rohmer, Sax here, here, here

  romance stories here, here

  time-travel in here

  The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci (Merezhkovsky) here

  Romero, Fernando here, here

  Ronen, Ruth here

  Rose ouverte (Bellmer) here–here

  Ross, Andrew here, here, here

  Roussel, Raymond here

  Royle, Nicholas here

  Rucker, Rudy here, here

  The Ruins of Earth (Disch) here–here, here

  Russell, Eric Frank here, here

  Russ, Joanna here, here–here, here–here, here, here, here–here, here, here, here

  Rust, James here

  Ryan, Marie-Laure here

  Ryman, Geoff here

  Sahl, Mort here

  Said, Edward here

  St. Clair, Margaret here, here, here, here, here

  Saintsbury, George here

  Salammô (Flaubert) here

  Saldívar, Ramon here, here, here

  Salt Roads (Hopkinson) here, here, here–here

  Samson and Delilah (film) here

  Sanchez, Rosaura here, here, here, here, here, here

  “San Diego Lightfoot Sue” (Reamy) here

  San Diego Lightfoot Sue and Other Stories (REamy) here

  “The Sandman” (“Der Sandman”) (Hoffman) here, here, here–here

  Sandoval, Chela here–here, here, here–here, here

  Santa Rosa Carib Community here

  Santayana, George here

  Saroyan, William here

  Sato, Kumiko here, here, here

  The Saturday Evening Post (periodical) here

  Sauer, Rob here

  Saussure, Ferdinand de here, here, here

  Savage-Rumbaugh, Sue here

  Sawyer, Andy here

  Sayles, John here

  Schismatrix (Sterling) here, here–here, here, here

  Schmidt Camacho, Alicia here

  Schmitz, James H. here

  Schocket, Eric here

  Schoedsach, Ernest B. here

  Scholes, Robert here–here, here, here, here, here

  Schuyler, George here

  Schuyler, Ross here, here

  Schwarz, Mauricioi-José here

  science here–here

  and depiction of scientists here, here–here

  indigenous vs. Western practices here

  in films here–here

  in science fiction here–here

  social relations of here–here, here–here

  Science & Invention (periodical)

  science fiction (SF)

  1950s-60s here

  aesthetic qualities of here–here, here–here

  challenges of here–here

  as cognition here–here

  a conjectural genre here

  death(s) of here–here, here–here, here, here–here

  definition of here–here, here, here, here, here–here, here–here

  critical view of here

  Delany’s here, here

  Gernsback’s here

  Gibson’s here

  Freedman’s here–here

  Heinlein’s here–here, here–here

  Kincaid’s here

  Luckhurst’s here

  Merril’s here–here

  multiplicity of here–here

  Suvin’s here–here

  as fiction here–here

  as a field here, here–here

  functions of here–here

  as fuzzy set here–here

  Gernsback’s role and influences here

  and “good” literature here–here

  historical and mutable here–here

  historical legitimation of here–here

  history of here, here–here, here–here, here–here, here–here

  emergence/origins of here, here–here, here, here–here

  no point of origin here–here

  insufficiency of here

  as a literary genre here–here, here

  models of here–here

  as a narrative form here, here–here

  national styles of here, here–here, here, here

  political awakening of here, here–here

  and science fiction films compared here

  scientific legitimation of here–here

  sociopolitical themes in here, here, here

  structure of here–here

  time-travel in here–here

  women’s here

  see also cyberpunk; disaster stories; feminist science fiction; hard science fiction; New Wave movement; scientifiction; space opera; time-travel stories; individual national traditions, e.g., American; British; etc.

  Science Fiction (Luckhurst) here

  science fiction community here–here

  and racism here–here

  science fiction organizations here–here

  Third World vs. First World here

  see also fans/fandom

  science fiction criticism and theory here–here, here–here, here–here

  historical background of here

  neglect of midcentury narratives here

  and postmodernism here

  see also cyberculture studies; feminist science fiction criticism

  science fiction films here, here, here–here

  1950s’ themes here–here

  and cybernetic futurism here, here

  elements of here–here

  and science fiction novels compared here

  and technology here, here

  Science Fiction Magazine here

  science fiction magazines here, here, here

  American here, here–here, here, here, here–here

  ‘scientifiction’ and ‘weird’ subcategories of here–here

  see also pulp fiction; individual titles, e.g. Amazing Stories; Analog; etc.

  Science Fiction Stories (periodical) here

  Science Fiction Studies (periodical) here, here

  “Science Fiction Texts and Studies” series here

  Science-Fiction: The Early Years (Bleiler) here

  scientifiction here, here, here, here, here

  see also science fiction

  The Scientific Romances (Wells) here–here

  Scobie, A. here

  Scott, Jody here

  Scott, Ridley here, here

  Scott, Sir Walter here, here

  Searle, John R. here

  Security, Territory, and Population (Foucault) here

  Sedgewick, Christina here

  Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky here, here, here

  “A Semantic/Syntactic Approach to Film Genre” (Altman) here

  semiotics here–here

  signification here, here–here

  signs here–here, here

  Serenity (film) here

  Serial Experiments: Lain (anime) here

  Seshagiri, Urmila here

  The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction (Csicsery-Ronay) here

  sexology here, here–here, here

  sexuality

  heterosexual/homosexual dyad here–here, here

  and objectification here–here, here

  and repression here–here, here, here

  and reproduction here, here, here, here, here, here–here

  and romantic love here–here, here–here

  sexual identity here, here–here, here–here

  sexual ideology here

  and technology here, here–here

  see also homosexuality; queer theory; technofetishism<
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  Sexual Life of Our Time In Its Relation to Modern Civilization (Bloch) here–here

  SF, see science fiction

  S-F Magazine here, here

  Shadow on the Hearth (Merril) here–here, here

  Shakespeare, William here, here, here, here, here

  Shannon, Claude here

  The Sheep Look Up (Brunner) here

  Sheldon, Alice, see Tiptree, James, Jr.

  Shelley, Mary here, here, here, here, here, here

  on conception of Frankenstein here, here–here

  Shelley, Percy Bysshe here, here, here, here

  Shepard, Lucius here, here

  Shiner, Lewis here

  Shinohara, Miyohei here

  The Ship Who Sang (McCaffrey) here

  Shirley, John here, here, here

  Shirow, Masamune here

  Shklovsky, Viktor here, here

  Short Organon for the Theatre (Brecht) here

  “Should Trees Have Standing?” (Stone) here–here

  Shute, Nevil here

  Sifuentes, Roberto here

  Silko, Leslie Marmon here

  Silverberg, Robert here–here, here, here, here, here

  Silvio, Carl here

  Simak, Clifford D. here, here, here, here

  Simmons, Dan here

  Simon and Schuster (publisher) here

  The Simpsons (TV series). “Time and Punishment” here

  simulacra and simulation here–here, here, here, here, here

  see also cyberspace; virtual reality

  Sinfield, Alan here, here, here, here

  Singer, Peter here

  singularity here–here, here–here

  see also future/futurism; posthumanism

  “Singularity” (Vinge) here–here

  Sinker, Mark here, here

  Sirens of Titan (Vonnegut) here

  Sister Outsider (Lorde) here

  Sixth Column (Heinlein) here

  Slave Ship (Pohl) here

  Sleep Dealer (film) here–here, here, here, here

  The Sleeper Wakes (Wells) here

  slipstream here

  see also speculative fiction

  Small Acts (Gilroy) here

  Smith, Clark Ashton here, here

  Smith, Cordwainer here

  Smith, George O. here

  Snow Crash (Stephenson) here

  Sobchack, Vivian here, here

  Socialism here–here

  see also Marxism

  socialist feminism here–here, here, here, here–here

  Society for Creative Anachronism here

  Sodom and Gomorrah (film) here

  Sofoulis, Zoe here, here, here

  Sohn, Stephen Hong here, here–here

  Solaris (Lem) here, here

  critical reading of here–here

  So Long Been Dreaming: Post-Colonial Science Fiction (Mehan) here

  “Solution Unsatisfactory” (Heinlein) here

  Sommers, Jaime here

  Somnium (Kepler) here

  Sontag, Susan here, here, here

  Sophocles here

  Sorayama, Hajime here, here, here

  Sorting Things Out: Classification and its Consequences (Starr) here

  South of the Slot (London) here

  Soviet science fiction here–here, here

  “The Space Bender” (Rementer) here

  Space Merchants (Pohl & Kornbluth) here

  space opera here, here, here–here, here, here, here, here, here

  and colonialism here

  exploration in here

  French here

  image of women in here–here, here

  speculative fiction here, here, here, here, here–here, here

  history of here–here

  Old Wave/New Wave debate here

  writing of here, here

  see also slipstream

  Spencer, Edson W. here

  Spinoza, Baruch here, here

  Spinrad, Norman here, here, here

  Springer, Claudia here

  Stableford, Brian here, here, here

  Stalin, Josef here

  Stand on Zanzibar (Brunner) here, here

  Stapledon, Olaf here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Starmaker (Stapledon) here

  Starr, Susan Leigh here, here, here–here

  Starship Troopers (Heinlein) here

  Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (Delany) here

  The Stars My Destination (Bester) here

  Startling Stories (periodical) here

  Star Trek (TV series) here, here, here, here, here

  Star Trek: Enterprise (TV series)

  “Detained” here–here, here

  Star Trek: The Insurrection (film) here–here

  Star Trek: Voyager (TV series) here

  Star Wars (film series) here, here, here, here

  Stent, Gunther S. here, here

  The Stepford Wives (film) here

  Stephenson, Neal here, here

  Sterling, Bruce here, here, here, here, here, here–here, here–here, here, here, here

  Stern, Michael here

  Stevenson, Gregory here

  Stevenson, Robert Louis here, here

  Stevens, Wallace here, here

  Stewart, Garrett here

  Stewart, George R. here

  Stockwell, Peter here, here

  Stolen Legacy (James) here

  Stone, Christopher here–here

  Stone, Robert here, here

  Stong, Phil here

  Stranger in a Strange Land (Heinlein) here, here

  Structural Fabulation (Scholes) here

  Strugatsky, Arkady here–here, here, here

  Strugatsky, Boris here–here, here, here

  Sturgeon, Theodore here, here, here, here, here, here

  subjectivity

  alternate notions of here–here

  black subjectivity here

  Chicano/a here–here

  and data here–here, here–here

  deconstruction of here–here, here

  embodied here

  and fantasy here

  and Hardt and Negri’s Empire here

  and human-animal boundary here, here–here

  and pattern/randomness here–here

  postmodern here

  schizophrenia within here

  spatial here–here

  within cyberspace here–here

  subjunctivity here–here, here–here, here, here

  see also language

  Sun Ra here, here

  Sun, Yat-sen here

  superhuman intelligence

  creation of here–here

  implications of here–here

  strong model here, here–here

  weak model here

  see also artificial intelligence; intelligence amplification; posthumanism; singularity

  Superluminal (McIntyre) here

  Superman here

  Surrealism here, here–here, here

  Survivor (Butler) here

  Suvin, Darko here, here, here, here–here, here–here, here, here, here–here, here, here, here, here, here, here–here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Swanwick, Michael here

  Swift, Jonathan here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Symbolists here–here

  syntagm here, here, here, here

  Taine, John here, here, here

  Taino Indians here–here, here

  Talbot, Dan here

  Tales of Nevèrÿon (Delany) here

  Tate, Greg here, here

  Tatsumi, Takayuki here, here, here

  Taylor, A. J. W. here

  Taylor, Alan here

  technocracy

  New Wave critique of here, here–here

  technoculture here

  technofetishism here

  and gender here–here

  psychoanalytic model of here–here

  and sexuality here–here

  technosex
ual communities here, here

  see also alt.sex.fetish.robots

  “Technofetishism and the Uncanny Desires of A.S.F.R (alt.sex.fet.robots)” (De Fren) here–here

  technology here

  and animal experiences here–here

  automation here–here

  and Chicanas here–here

  and cyberpunk here, here–here, here–here, here–here, here

  De Lauretis on here

  and emotions here–here

  and Empire here–here

  enframing here

  and imperialism here–here

  and integration of counterculture here

  Merril’s notion of here

  metaphors of here

  and patriarchal dualisms here

  and science fiction films here, here

  and sexuality here, here–here

  social relations of here–here, here–here

  technocultural imaginary here, here

  technological transcendence here–here

  see also machine(s); technofetishism; technoscience

  techno-Orientalism here–here

  American here–here

  conception of East in here–here

  and minorities here–here

  origination of here

  rise of here–here

  and Western-centric hegemony here–here

  technoscience here, here–here, here, here

  see also technology

  The Terminator (film) here

  Tetsuo (film) here

  textuality here–here, here–here

  “That Only a Mother” (Merril) here

  “There Is No Such Thing as Science Fiction” (Bould & Vint) here

  The Thing (Campbell) here

  The Thing from Another World (film) here

  Thinking Machine Corporation here

  The Third Wave (Toffler) here

  Third World literature here–here

  This Island Earth (film) here, here, here, here

  Thomas, Sheree here

  Thorne, Kip here

  The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (Dick) here–here, here

  Thrilling Wonder Stories (TWS) (periodical) here

  “Thundering Worlds” (Hamilton) here

  Tides of Light (Benford) here

  Tieryas-Liu, Peter here

  Timeline (Crichton) here

  The Time Machine (film) here

  The Time Machine (Wells) here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  review of here

  Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics and Science Fiction (Nahin) here

  Time Out of Joint (Dick) here

  Time’s Arrow (Amis) here

  Time Stream (Taine) here

  Times Without Number (Brunner) here

  time-travel stories here, here–here, here–here

  and anachronies here–here

  fabula and sjuzhet in here–here, here

  genres of here–here, here

  history of here–here, here

  as legitimate here

  limitations of logical constraints on here

  literary criticism and theories here–here

  narrative mechanics in here