Some resources that may be especially of interest to academics studying speculative fiction. Feel free to suggest more.
Databases, Reading Lists, Miscellaneous:
- Science Fiction Research Association (membership provides access to some key journals and discounts on others)
- London Science Fiction Research Community – see also their great link list
- Texas A&M SFF Research Database
- Applied Speculation resource list (from Vector; some emphasis on futurism)
- Decolonising Utopia resource list
- Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
- London Chinese Science Fiction Group
- African Chinese Science Fiction Association
- Indian Association for Science Fiction Studies
- Recent blog post from Jim Clarke surveying publishers of SFF criticism
- Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Sean Guynes often has interesting things to say about academic publishing.
Presses / Series:
There are many many more of course, but …
- Gylphi SF Storyworlds
- Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies
- Punctum
- Lever
- Verso
- McFarland Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Luna: Academia Lunare
- University of Illinois Modern Masters of SF
- Peter Lang: Ralahine Utopian Studies
- University of Wales
- Palgrave SFF: A new canon
See this blog post by Jim Clarke for more suggestions.
Journals:
- SFRA Review
- Science Fiction Studies
- Extrapolation
- Foundation
- Utopian Studies
- MOSF Journal of Science Fiction
- Fantastika Journal
- Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts
- Fafnir
- Hélice
- Science Fiction Film and Television Journal
- Femspec
- Paradoxa
- BFS Journal
- Strange Horizons
- Ancillary Review of Books
- Big Echo
- And Vector of course
SF Studies adjacent:
- Critical Algorithm Studies, an extensive reading list
- Technovelgy – an innovation and prediction oriented SF database
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