2024 marks the 125th anniversary of LUP’s formation and we are pleased to bring you a new selection of free to read journal issues to celebrate. With one complete issue of each journal available to read for free, this collection captures the breadth and scope of the research that our journals publish, and the growth of LUP … Continue reading
Science Fiction Film and Television: Call for Co-Editors
Science Fiction Film and Television, internationally recognized as a leader in the scholarly study of science fiction visual media, invites applications for the position of co-editor.
Black History Month: The LUP Reading List
To mark Black History Month, we’ve put together a list of books and journal articles which provide new and critical insights into the area. Each article has been made Free to Read throughout October.
History and Dispossession in Dune (2021)
New on the blog: to celebrate the publication of his new book Dystopia and Dispossession in the Hollywood Science Fiction Film, 1979-2017, Harry Warwick revisits its arguments in the light of Denis Villeneuve's 2021 Dune adaptation, which falls outside the book's historical scope.
Sport, Religio-Politics, and Science Fiction
Enticing you to read his most recent book, Sport and Monstrosity in Science Fiction by Derek J. Thiess, gave him a unique challenge. How does he get the buy-in of, primarily, academics on a project about sport—a subject that is largely viewed, especially in the humanities, as having little to do with the serious, intellectual … Continue reading
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