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Cli-fi cinema (2023)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2023). Cli-fi cinema. In J. P. Telotte (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of New Science Fiction Cinemas (52-70). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197557723.013.5

This chapter outlines the relationship between science fiction (sf) and climate fiction, both literary and cinematic, and urges a broader understanding of what it means to tell stories about anthropogenic climate destabilization. It considers a wide... Read More about Cli-fi cinema.

Afrocyberpunk cinema: The postcolony finds its own use for things (2017)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2017). Afrocyberpunk cinema: The postcolony finds its own use for things. In G. J. Murphy, & L. Schmeink (Eds.), Cyberpunk and Visual Culture. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Noting the effective exclusion of Africa from cyberpunk visions of the future, this essay considers several films from Africa, directed by Sylvestre Amoussou, Nadia El Fani, Neill Blomkamp and Jean-Pierre Bekolo, which draw upon and develop cyberpunk... Read More about Afrocyberpunk cinema: The postcolony finds its own use for things.

Afrofuturism in the new wave era (2017)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. Afrofuturism in the new wave era. In G. Canavan, & E. C. Link (Eds.), The Cambridge History of Science Fiction. Cambridge University Press. Manuscript submitted for publication

This chapter provides a critical overview of the development of afrofuturism and black sf in the 1960s and 1970s across a range of media: mainstream fiction, popular music, film, comics, prose sf.

Paying freedom dues: Marxism, black radicalism, and blaxploitation sf (2016)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2016). Paying freedom dues: Marxism, black radicalism, and blaxploitation sf. In E. Mazierska, & A. Suppia (Eds.), Red Alert: Marxist Approaches to Science Fiction Cinema (72-97). Wayne State University Press

This chapter traces the relationship between Marxism and black radical theory and practice in America, noting the frequent presence of sf imagery at the intersection. It then outlines the development of blaxploitation and establishes a hitherto unrem... Read More about Paying freedom dues: Marxism, black radicalism, and blaxploitation sf.

The coy cult text: The Man Who Wasn’t There as noir SF (2015)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2015). The coy cult text: The Man Who Wasn’t There as noir SF. In J. Telotte, & G. Duchovnay (Eds.), Science Fiction Double Feature: The Science Fiction Film as Cult Text. Liverpool University Press

Situates the Coen brothers' film in relation to the intersections of film noir and science fiction, uncovering its latent science-fictionality.

Slipstream cinema: Dick without the Dick (2015)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2015). Slipstream cinema: Dick without the Dick. In S. Schlensag, & A. Dunst (Eds.), The World According to Philip K. Dick (119-136). Palgrave Macmillan

This essay proposes a slipstream cinema along the lines of slipstream fiction proposed by Bruce Sterling - and suggests that it is where we might find the cinematic legacy of Philip K Dick, rather than in the typically disappointing adaptations of hi... Read More about Slipstream cinema: Dick without the Dick.

The futures market: American utopias (2015)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2015). The futures market: American utopias. In E. C. Link, & G. Canavan (Eds.), The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction (83-98). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Critical-historical overview of American utopian texts, from The Constitution of the Iroquois Nations to the current post-genre tumult.

Post-noir: Getting back to business (2014)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2014). Post-noir: Getting back to business. In H. B. Pettey, & R. B. Palmer (Eds.), International Noir. Edinburgh University Press

‘Post-noir’ is, like all noir labels, heavily contested; even the need for it is open to question. Drawing on Fredric Jameson, Anne McClintock, Jean-François Lyotard and Kwame Anthony Appiah, this essay examines several specific – and contradictory –... Read More about Post-noir: Getting back to business.

Inner space (2014)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2014). Inner space. In J. Bell (Ed.), Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder - A BFI Compendium. Sight & Sound

Critical overview of sf films exploring the destabilisation of human identity.

Film (2014)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2014). Film. In R. Latham (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction. Oxford University Press

A critical overview of critical-theoretical understandings of sf film, especially those promulgated by critics devoted to sf as a prose fiction form. It also considers adaptation, spectacle and special effects.

The stuff (2013)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2013). The stuff. In J. Berra (Ed.), Directory of World Cinema: American Independent 2 (189-190). Intellect

The omega code/Megiddo: The omega code 2 (2013)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2013). The omega code/Megiddo: The omega code 2. In J. Berra (Ed.), Directory of American Independent Cinema, volume 2 (296-298). Intellect/Chicago UP

Q-The winged serpent (2013)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2013). Q-The winged serpent. In J. Berra (Ed.), Directory of American Independent Cinema, volume 2 (187-188). Intellect/Chicago UP

I drink your blood (2013)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2013). I drink your blood. In J. Berra (Ed.), Directory of American Independent Cinema, volume 2 (184-185). Intellect/Chicago UP

The Crow (2013)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2013). The Crow. In J. Berra (Ed.), Directory of American Independent Cinema, volume 2 (82-84). Intellect/Chicago UP

Bound (2013)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2013). Bound. In J. Berra (Ed.), Directory of American Independent Cinema, volume 2 (209-211). Intellect/Chicago UP

Born in flames (2013)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2013). Born in flames. In J. Berra (Ed.), Directory of American Independent Cinema, volume 2 (337-338). Intellect/Chicago UP

Blood simple (2013)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2013). Blood simple. In J. Berra (Ed.), Directory of American Independent Cinema, volume 2 (207-208). Intellect/Chicago UP

Billy Jack (2013)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2013). Billy Jack. In J. Berra (Ed.), Directory of American Independent Cinema, volume 2 (309-310). Intellect/Chicago UP

Political readings of the fantastic (2012)
Book Chapter
Bould, M., & Vint, S. (2012). Political readings of the fantastic. In E. James, & F. Mendlesohn (Eds.), Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature (102-112). Cambridge University Press

Doctor Who: Adaptations and flows (2011)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2011). Doctor Who: Adaptations and flows. In J. P. Telotte, & G. Duchovny (Eds.), Science Fiction Film, Television and Adaptation: Across the Screens (143-163). Routledge

Why Neo flies, and why he shouldn’t: The critique of cyberpunk in Gwyneth Jones’s Escape Plans and M. John Harrison’s Signs of Life (2010)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2010). Why Neo flies, and why he shouldn’t: The critique of cyberpunk in Gwyneth Jones’s Escape Plans and M. John Harrison’s Signs of Life. In G. Murphy, & S. Vint (Eds.), Beyond Cyberpunk: New Critical Perspectives (116-134). Routledge

This essay argues that the fantasies of disembodied flight evident in sf since the genre's inception become an explicit, and largely uncritical, metaphor for supposedly 'friction-free' capital-in-circulation in cyberpunk fiction of the 1980s and 1990... Read More about Why Neo flies, and why he shouldn’t: The critique of cyberpunk in Gwyneth Jones’s Escape Plans and M. John Harrison’s Signs of Life.

It's alive (2010)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2010). It's alive. In J. Berra (Ed.), Directory of World Cinema: American Independent (156-157). Intellect

Angel of Vengeance (aka Ms.45) (2010)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2010). Angel of Vengeance (aka Ms.45). In J. Berra (Ed.), Directory of World Cinema: American Independent (150-151). Intellect

Bone (2010)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2010). Bone. In J. Berra (Ed.), Directory of World Cinema: American Independent (47-48). Intellect

God told me to (2010)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2010). God told me to. In J. Berra (Ed.), Directory of World Cinema: American Independent (155-156). Intellect

Primer (2010)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2010). Primer. In J. Berra (Ed.), Directory of World Cinema: American Independent (194-195). Intellect

Medium cool (2010)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2010). Medium cool. In J. Berra (Ed.), Directory of World Cinema: American Independent (308-310). Intellect

Harold and Maude (2010)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2010). Harold and Maude. In J. Berra (Ed.), Directory of World Cinema: American Independent (169-171). Intellect

I woke up early the day I died (2010)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2010). I woke up early the day I died. In J. Berra (Ed.), Directory of World Cinema: American Independent (307-308). Intellect

Killer of sheep (2010)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2010). Killer of sheep. In J. Berra (Ed.), Directory of World Cinema: American Independent (53-55). Intellect

Poison (2010)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2010). Poison. In J. Berra (Ed.), Directory of World Cinema: American Independent (234-236). Intellect

Watermelon man (2010)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2010). Watermelon man. In J. Berra (Ed.), Directory of World Cinema: American Independent (60-61). Intellect

The thin men: anorexic subjectivity in Fight Club and The Machinist (2009)
Book Chapter
Bould, M., & Vint, S. (2009). The thin men: anorexic subjectivity in Fight Club and The Machinist. In M. Bould, K. Glitre, & G. Tuck (Eds.), Neo-noir (221-239). Wallflower

Considers anorexia as a model of late-capitialist subjectivity through a consideration of the bodies of Brad Pitt and Christian Bale.

Parallax views: An introduction (2009)
Book Chapter
Bould, M., Glitre, K., & Tuck, G. (2009). Parallax views: An introduction. In M. Bould, K. Glitre, & G. Tuck (Eds.), Neo-noir (1-10). London: Wallflower Press

Introduction to the edited collection, Neo-Noir, exploring issues around noir and genre as well as outlining the aims and content of the book.

Fritz Lang (2009)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2009). Fritz Lang. In M. Bould, A. M. Butler, A. Roberts, & S. Vint (Eds.), Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction (131-136). Routledge

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

Steven Spielberg (2009)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2009). Steven Spielberg. In M. Bould, A. M. Butler, A. Roberts, & S. Vint (Eds.), Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction (200-205). Routledge

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

Stanley Kubrick (2009)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2009). Stanley Kubrick. In M. Bould, A. M. Butler, A. Roberts, & S. Vint (Eds.), Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction (126-131). Routledge

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

Rough Guide to a Lonely Planet, from Nemo to Neo (2009)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2009). Rough Guide to a Lonely Planet, from Nemo to Neo. In M. Bould, & C. Mieville (Eds.), Red Planets: Marxism and Science Fiction (1-26). Pluto Press (UK)

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.

Dead penguins in immigrant pilchard scandal: Telling stories about the "environment" in Antarctica (2009)
Book Chapter
Bould, M., & Vint, S. (2009). Dead penguins in immigrant pilchard scandal: Telling stories about the "environment" in Antarctica. In W. J. Burling (Ed.), Kim Stanley Robinson Maps the Unimaginable: Critical essays (257-273). McFarland

Drawing together often antagonistic Marxist and ecological critical-theory, this essay sympathetically critiques Kim Stanley Robinson’s treatment of nature, while calling for a theory and praxis which acknowledges and embraces the non-human in tackli... Read More about Dead penguins in immigrant pilchard scandal: Telling stories about the "environment" in Antarctica.

Language and linguistics (2009)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2009). Language and linguistics. In M. Bould, A. M. Butler, A. Roberts, & S. Vint (Eds.), The Routledge companion to Science Fiction (225-235). Routledge

A critical survey of the ways in which sf texts have imagined new languages, and a materialist critique of the ways in which idealist structuralist and post-structuralist models of language have been used to discuss the specific nature of language us... Read More about Language and linguistics.

Manufacturing landscapes, disappearing labour: From production lines to the cities of the future (2009)
Book Chapter
Bould, M., & Vint, S. (2009). Manufacturing landscapes, disappearing labour: From production lines to the cities of the future. In L. White, & C. Pajaczkowska (Eds.), The Sublime Now (269-285). Cambridge Scholars

This essay connects the spectacle of the digitally animated workerless production line in contemporary blockbusters to David Nye's argument about the development of the sublime in American culture in the 19th and 20th centuries. It culminates in a di... Read More about Manufacturing landscapes, disappearing labour: From production lines to the cities of the future.

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.

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 anthropocene unconscious of African second contact narratives: District 9, Rosewater, Lagoon
Book Chapter
Bould, M. The anthropocene unconscious of African second contact narratives: District 9, Rosewater, Lagoon. In K. Lebek (Ed.), Fantastic Materials: Things and the Non-Real. Routledge. Manuscript submitted for publication

This chapter examines the ways in which anthropogenic climate destabilisation registers in three recent Africa sf texts which are not ostensibly concerned with climate change, but with postcolonial 'second contact' situations in which 'first contact'... Read More about The anthropocene unconscious of African second contact narratives: District 9, Rosewater, Lagoon.

Space/race: Recovering John M. Faucette
Book Chapter
Bould, M. Space/race: Recovering John M. Faucette. In Y. Lisa, & L. I. Isiah (Eds.), Afrofuturism Through Time and Space. Ohio University Press

This essay analyses the four short novels of pioneering (but utterly forgotten) African American sf writer, John M. Faucette.

Pulp SF and its Others, 1918–39
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2017). Pulp SF and its Others, 1918–39. In R. Luckhurst (Ed.), Science Fiction: A Literary History (100-128). The British Library

Critical overview of the British scientific romance and American pulp sf in the interwar years.