Science Fiction Studies

REVIEW-ESSAYS

• Michael Levy. Recent Studies of Science Fiction in Australia (Russell Blackford, Van Ikin, and Sean McMullen, Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction; Paul Collins, Steven Paulsen, and Sean McMullen, eds., The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy; David Hartwell and Damien Broderick, eds., Centaurus: The Best of Australian Science Fiction)

• Ray Mescallado. Otaku Nation: Books on Japanese Comics and Animated Films (Trish LeDoux, Anime Interviews; Antonia Levy, Samurai from Outer Space: Understanding Japanese Animation; Frederick Schodt, Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics; Frederick Schodt, Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga; Masamune Shirow, Ghost in the Shell; Masamune Shirow, Intron Depot I and II)

BOOKS IN REVIEW

• Janeen Webb and Andrew Enstice. Aliens and Savages: Fiction, Politics and Prejudice in Australia (Alcena Rogan)

• Janeen Webb and Andrew Enstice, eds. The Fantastic Self: Essays on the Subject of the Self (Rosaleen Love)

• Helen Merrick and Tess Williams, eds. Women of Other World: Excursions Through Science Fiction and Feminism (Russell Blackford)

• Jennifer Burwell. Notes on Nowhere: Feminism, Utopian Logic, and Social Transformation (Ann Weinstone)

• Dorothy F. Donnelly. Patterns of Order and Utopia (Alexander Irvine)

• Gary Westfahl. The Mechanics of Wonder: The Creation of the Idea of Science Fiction (John Huntington)

• Clive Bloom. Cult Fiction: Popular Reading and Pulp Theory (Gregory Beatty)

• Deborah Cartmell et al., eds. Pulping Fictions: Consuming Culture Across the Literature/Media Divide (Gregory Beatty)

• Deborah Cartmell et al., eds. Trash Aesthetics: Popular Culture and Its Audience (Gregory Beatty)

• Mark Jancovich. Rational Fears: American Horror in the 1950s (Andrew Gordon)

• Kevin McCarthy and Ed Gormna, eds. "They're Here...": Invasion of the Body Snatchers, A Tribute (Andrew Gordon)

• Val Gough and Jill Rudd, eds. A Very Different Story: Studies on the Fiction of Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Peter Sands)

• Brett Cooke and Frederick Turner, eds. Biopoetics: Evolutionary Perspectives in the Arts (Carl Freedman)

• Richard A Hauptman. The Work of Jack Williamson: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide (Gary Westfahl)

• Gregory Benford. Deep Time: How Humanity Communicates Across Millenia (Carl Freedman)