This companion to Frank Herbert’s six original Dune novels provides an encyclopaedia of characters, locations, terms and other elements, and highlights the series’ underrated aesthetic integrity. An extensive introduction covers…

Presents the genre of mythopoeic fantasy from a holistic perspective, arguing that this subgenre of fantasy literature is misunderstood as a result of decades of incomplete and reductionist literary studies.

This critical text examines in ideological terms eleven writers who published under Anticipation, an imprint of Fleuve Noir, specializing in science fiction. Careful analysis reveals the way these writers criticized…

Since they began appearing in the 1970s, Michael Bishop’s science fiction and fantasy stories have been recognized for their polished prose and their depth of thought and feeling. This book…

A collection of critical essays that study the novel, Llilith . It covers topics such as MacDonald’s rhetorical strategy as a writer of prose romance, the implications of the novel’s…

Caitlin R. Kiernan is at the forefront of contemporary gothic, weird and science fiction literature. This first full-length look at Kiernan’s body of work explores her fictional universe through critical…

Writers such as Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, Robert Heinlein, H.P. Lovecraft, and others are examined in this exploration of Fortean science fiction - a genre that borrows from…

Reversing a common science fiction cliche, Farscape follows the adventures of the human astronaut John Crichton after he is shot through a wormhole into another part of the universe. Here…