Outputs (187)

Fritz Lang (2009)
Book Chapter

Overview of Lang’s career and critical analysis of his science fiction films.

Stanley Kubrick (2009)
Book Chapter

Overview of Kubrick’s career and critical analysis of his science fiction films.

Steven Spielberg (2009)
Book Chapter

Overview of Spielberg’s career and critical analysis of his science fiction films.

Fifty key figures in science fiction (2009)
Book

Collection of 50 critical essays on key figures in sf fiction, film, television, comics and theory.

Rough Guide to a Lonely Planet, from Nemo to Neo (2009)
Book Chapter

This essay argues that sf has long been engaged in mapping - often unconsciously – the processes of globalisation and empire. It illustrates this argument with analyses of Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas and the Wachowski brother... Read More about Rough Guide to a Lonely Planet, from Nemo to Neo.

Red planets: Marxism and science fiction (2009)
Book

An edited collection of 13 essays exploring the relationships between Marxism and sf literature and film.

Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Matrix: Imagineering the world market (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This keynote address argues that sf has long been engaged in mapping - often unconsciously - the processes of globalisation and empire. It illustrates this argument with analyses of Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas and the Wachows... Read More about Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Matrix: Imagineering the world market.

Serial infidelities and extraordinary renditions: The many lives of Flash Gordon (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper argues for a fresh approach to adaptation studies, using the example of a cross-media franchised character/universe to urge a move away from the fidelity fallacy and towards an understanding of adaptations as ‘supplements’ in Derrida’s Read More about Serial infidelities and extraordinary renditions: The many lives of Flash Gordon.

The cinema of John Sayles: From Billy Zane to Brecht and Bakhtin, and back again (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A critical introduction to John Sayles, with Silver City as its primary example, this paper discusses the relationship between his films and American naturalist traditions, and explores language as a site of material resistance.

The parapraxes of globalisation: Jules Verne and the unconscious of science fiction (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This essay argues that sf has long been engaged in mapping – often unconsciously – the processes of globalisation and empire. It illustrates this argument with an analysis of Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas.