Science Fiction Studies

#80 = Volume 27, Part 1 = March 2000

ON GLOBAL SCIENCE FICTION - PART 2

• Wong Kin Yuen. On the Edge of Spaces: Blade Runner, Ghost in the Shell, and Hong Kong's Cityscape (full text)

• Joshua La Bare. The Future: "Wrapped ... in that mysterious Japanese way" (full text)

• Michael Fisch. Nation, War, and Japan's Future in the Science Fiction Anime Film Patlabor II (full text)

• Ross Farnell. Attempting Immortality: AI, A-Life, and the Posthuman in Greg Egan's Permutation City (full text)

• Mikael Huss. Hesitant Journey to the West: SF's Changing Fortunes in Mainland China (full text)

• Current Trends in Global SF: Takayuki Tatsumi on Japan, Janeen Webb on Australia, and Franz Rottensteiner on Germany (full text)

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)

• H. Rider Haggard. She, ed. with an Introduction and Notes by Daniel Karlin (RL)

• Clark Ashton Smith. The Book of Hyperborea, ed. Will Murray; Tales of Zothique, ed. Will Murray with Steve Behrends (RL)

• Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer. When Worlds Collide (RL)

• Alan Morton. The Complete Directory to Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Television Series: A Comprehensive Guide to the First 50 Years, 1946 to 1996 (RL)

• Roger Fulton and John Betancourt. The Sci-Fi Channel Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction (RL)

NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE

• Update on French SF (Brian Aldiss)
• SF Strategies in Scientific Pedagogy (James Satter)
• Legal Studies Forum SF Issue (CM)
• A Tribute to SF Eye (CM, Stephen P. Brown)
• Calls for Papers, Special Issues, SFS Offprints
• Lem Versus Rottensteiner Verdict
• Notes on Contributors

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