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There is no such thing as science fiction (2008)
Book Chapter
Bould, M., & Vint, S. (2008). There is no such thing as science fiction. In J. Gunn, M. S. Barr, & M. Candelaria (Eds.), Reading Science Fiction (43-51). Palgrave Macmillan

Taking Tom Godwin’s classic – and controversial – sf short story ‘The Cold Equations’ as its starting point, this essay draws on contemporary genre theory and Bruno Latour’s science studies model of enrolment to argue that there is no such thing as s... Read More about There is no such thing as science fiction.

The thin men: Anorexic subjectivity in Fight Club and The Machinist. (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M., & Vint, S. (2008, November). The thin men: Anorexic subjectivity in Fight Club and The Machinist. Paper presented at The Fith Annual Historical Materialism Conference, University College, London

Taking anorexia as a model of subjectivity under contemporary capital, this paper analyses the noir protagonists of Fight Club and The Machinist and their relationships to power, labour and their own bodies.

Journal editors' panel (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, October). Journal editors' panel. Paper presented at Film & History Biennial: Film and Science Fictions, Documentaries and Beyond Conference, Univeristy of Chicago, USA

After providing an overview of the journal I co-edit, and the processes through which submissions go, I then participated in a chaired discussion (along with other journal editors who had made similar presentations) geared towards an audience of grad... Read More about Journal editors' panel.

Staging the limits to knowledge: Cognition, estrangment and spectacle in 2001: A Space Odyssey (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, October). Staging the limits to knowledge: Cognition, estrangment and spectacle in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Paper presented at Film & History Biennial: Film and Science: Fictions, Documentaries, and Beyond Conference, University of Chicago

Beginning by questioning the possibility of judging relative scale and postion in the famous final image of the 2001, this paper challenges Carl Freedman's influential argument about the possibility of spectacle generating cognitive estrangement.

Atrocity exhibition (2008)
Journal Article
Bould, M. (2008). Atrocity exhibition. Science Fiction Film and Television, 1(2), 359-360

Review of named film

Nothing much to phone home about (with exceptions): Four books on Spielberg (2008)
Journal Article
Bould, M. (2008). Nothing much to phone home about (with exceptions): Four books on Spielberg. Science Fiction Film and Television, 1(2), 303-325. https://doi.org/10.3828/sfftv.1.2.7

10,000 word review of four more or less concurrent academic/critical books on Spielberg's films, including Warren Buckland, directed by Steven Spielberg: Poetics of the contemporary blockbuster; Lester D Friedman, Citizen Spielberg; Andrew Gordon, Em... Read More about Nothing much to phone home about (with exceptions): Four books on Spielberg.

Eraserheads (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, September). Eraserheads. Presented at BFI Southbank Public Panel Discussion, BFI Southbank, London

This public panel discussed various aspects of the relationship between cinema and memory, with a particular focus on the gallery work of Pierre Bismuth and Michel Gondry. The panel was chaired by Roger Luckhurst; the co-panellists were Jonathan Romn... Read More about Eraserheads.

Monsters and modernity (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, August). Monsters and modernity. Presented at Silicon Knights Games Developers, St. Catherines, Ontario

A critical overview of the repressive aspects of modernity which, in popular culture at least, tend to unleash monsters. Drawing on Walter Benjamin, this paper also considers the relationship between 'progress' and catastrophe.

Peristalsis, proliferation and ejaculation: Reflections on narrative and spectacle in digital sf cinema (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, July). Peristalsis, proliferation and ejaculation: Reflections on narrative and spectacle in digital sf cinema. Paper presented at Science Fiction Research Association 2008 Conference, University of Kansas

This paper addresses the changing nature of the cinematic experience in the era of blockbuster digital filmmaking, using Transformers as its key example.

Reading science fiction (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, July). Reading science fiction. Presented at Science Fiction Research Association 2008 Conference, University of Kansas, USA

After an initial short presentation on the failure of sf studies to engage with issues emerging in genre studies over the last decade or so, I participated in a chaired discussion concerning this and presentations by other panellists.

Science fiction television in the United Kingdom (2008)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2008). Science fiction television in the United Kingdom. In J. P. Telotte (Ed.), The Essential Science Fiction Television Reader (209-230). The University Press of Kentucky

A critical overview of British television sf, from 1938 to the present day, with special attention to the ways in which it has articulated the UK’s shifting position in global politics and economics.

The bald and the beautiful: The performativity of Billy Zane (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, May). The bald and the beautiful: The performativity of Billy Zane. Paper presented at Cine-Excess II: The 2nd International Conference on Global Cult Film Traditions, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London

Analysis of Billy Zane's performance style in relation to the economics of contemporary filmmaking.

Proliferation, peristalsis and ejaculation: Reflections on narrative and spectacle in digital SF cinema (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, April). Proliferation, peristalsis and ejaculation: Reflections on narrative and spectacle in digital SF cinema. Presented at Narratives in Transition: Literary and Cultural Change since 1989 Conference, Institute of English Studies, University of London

This paper addresses the changing nature of the cinamatic experience in the era of blockbuster digital filmamking, using Transformers as its key example.

Transformers (2008)
Journal Article
Bould, M. (2008). Transformers. Science Fiction Film and Television, 1(1), 163-167

Review of named film

Arthur C. Clarke's Vision of Benevolent Empire (2008)
Journal Article
Bould, M. (2008). Arthur C. Clarke's Vision of Benevolent Empire

An obituary of Arthur C. Clarke, with a critical focus on his treatment of imperialism/colonialism.

SF histories (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, March). SF histories. Presented at State of the Art: Science Fiction Histories Conference, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia

Mark Bould was one of four closing plenary panel members at this conference. The closing panel sumamrised the key ideas that emerged during the course of the conference and suggestions about their implications for future research.

Writing/Genre/History: Everyone else is wrong (and so am I) (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, March). Writing/Genre/History: Everyone else is wrong (and so am I). Presented at State of the Art: Science Fiction Histories Conference, Curtin University of Technology, Perth

An overview of the problems involved in writing a history of a genre, drawing on debates in contemporary historiography and science studies.

Tortured torsos: Anorexic subjectivity in Fight Club and The Machinist (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M., & Vint, S. (2008, March). Tortured torsos: Anorexic subjectivity in Fight Club and The Machinist. Presented at Postgraduate Masterclass, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Western Australia

Taking anorexia as a model of subjectivity under contemporary capital, this paper analyses the noir protagonists of Fight Club and The Machinist and their relationships to power, labour and their own bodies.