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tironstefan.bsky.social
#book #bestread #books #scifistudies #sciencefiction #sfstudies #sfacholars #critical #criticaltheory

Cloudfare has issues so it's time to catch up on the reading 📚 list! Here's my definite favorite 2025 books during these troubled times (even if the year's not over). They make excellent gifts🎁.
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
bogiperson.bsky.social
Submitted my abstract for the #SturgeonSymposium! There's still a bit of time:

sfcenter.ku.edu/2026-sturgeo...

This year's theme is resistance in speculative literature.

#SFStudies #ScienceFictionStudies #CFP
2026 Sturgeon Symposium CFP
sfcenter.ku.edu
May 26, 2026 at 1:35 AM
livunipress.bsky.social
🚀 Discover new and forthcoming ebooks in Liverpool Science Fiction Studies Online, a digital collection offering a broad perspective on a variety of themes relating to #SFStudies. Available to libraries as a one-off purchase and with perpetual access.

Browse the full collection ➡️ bit.ly/lsfso
The LUP logo in white is displayed in the left-hand corner of the image. Next to it and towards the right, there is a blue text box with white text inside which reads 'LIVERPOOL SCIENCE FICTION STUDIES ONLINE'. Underneath there are four book covers lined up next to each other: 'The Science Fiction of Defeat', 'Science Fiction and the Modern World', 'Metafiction and Narrative Worlds in Science Fiction', 'Reading Chinese Science Fiction in the Age of Techno-Nationalism'. Underneath the covers is a blue text box which spans the length of the image with white text inside that reads, 'Perpetual Access | No Online Hosting Fees | 3 Years' Worth of Future Content'. The background of the image is a blurred section of the cover image from 'Science Fiction and the Modern World'.
November 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
livunipress.bsky.social
The ebook for Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster is now available as part of Liverpool Science Fiction Studies Online.
Browse the entire digital collection here ➡️ https://bit.ly/lsfso
#ScienceFiction #SFStudies
Promotional image presenting the book cover for 'Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster' by Christopher Stewardson, which has a yellow background and red text, with an image of King Ghidorah in flames in the middle. The book is part of the 'Constellations' series. Next to the cover in the middle of the image is text which reads, 'The ebook for Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster is now available as part of Liverpool Science Fiction Studies Online'. To the right of the text is an enlarged image of King Ghidorah in flames taken from the book cover.
April 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
tironstefan.bsky.social
#Interview #scifi #sciencefiction #history #eugenics #historyofbiology #sfstudies #sfacholars

Super glad I've finally managed to make this interview with @naughtthought.bsky.social for Spectrul about his book Uninhabited out by Zero publishing in 2025. (many thx to AR)

spectrul.ro/2026/02/07/n...
NELOCUIT: Interviu cu Ben Woodard despre cartea Uninhabited (2025, Zero)
ST: Îți mulțumesc că ai acceptat să îmi acorzi acest interviu. Permite-mi să te felicit pentru publicarea cărții Uninhabited: Science Fiction and the Decolonial în 2025 și să o recomand cu căldură …
spectrul.ro
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
tironstefan.bsky.social
#sciencefiction #sfstudies #teaching #edu

New book of essays on Teaching Science Fiction edited by Gerry Canavan (due 2027).

www.mla.org/Publications...
July 29, 2026 at 3:07 PM
livunipress.bsky.social
The ebook for Play in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction is now available in Liverpool Science Fiction Studies Online. The collection offers libraries perpetual access to 90+ monograph volumes which explore a variety of themes relating to #SFStudies.

Browse the entire collection here ➡️ bit.ly/lsfso
This image presents the book cover for 'Play in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction' by Matthew Leggatt, which includes an extract from Bosch's 'The Garden of Earthly Delights Triptych', which displays numerous naked human figures and animals in a large garden. The background of the whole image is an enlarged and blurred extract from the cover. In the middle of the image, there is a light coloured text box with dark blue text inside which reads 'New ebook added to Liverpool Science Fiction Studies Online' and 'Perpetual Access, No Online Hosting Fees, 3 Years' Worth of Future Content' underneath. The LUP logo in a light colour appears in the top right hand side of the image.
August 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
livunipress.bsky.social
The ebook for Aliens is now available as part of Liverpool Science Fiction Studies Online.
Browse the entire digital collection here: bit.ly/lsfso
#ScienceFiction #SFStudies
Graphic showing the book cover for 'Aliens' by Cristina Massaccesi from the book series 'Constellations' published by Liverpool University Press; the cover has a yellow background and red text, with an image of space in the middle. The same image of space is enlarged as the background of the graphic, with white text which reads, 'The ebook for Aliens is now available as part of Liverpool Science Fiction Studies Online', and the LUP logo can be found in the bottom right side of the graphic.
February 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
livunipress.bsky.social
The ebook for Masculinity in Contemporary Science Fiction by Men is now available as part of Liverpool Science Fiction Studies Online.
Browse the entire digital collection here ➡️ https://bit.ly/lsfso
#ScienceFiction #SFStudies
Promotional graphic for the book 'Masculinity in Contemporary Science Fiction by Men' by Sara Martín. The image shows the book cover on the right-hand side, which has a blue background and an image of a man with his back facing the front with yellow and blue tattoo-like markings which are bright and gleaming. Next to the cover to the left is a blue text box with white text inside which reads, 'the ebook for Masculinity in Contemporary Science Fiction by Men is now available as part of Liverpool Science Fiction Studies Online'. The background of the image is an enlarged version of the book cover, and in the right-hand corner of the image is LUP's logo in white.
June 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
tironstefan.bsky.social
#sfstudies #sciencefiction #theory #representation #potential #futurity
Wrote a lengthy #review of Steven Shaviro's (his 4th on sf criticism so far) excellent Fluid Futures: Science Fiction and Potentiality (Repeater 2024) on #Goodreads for lack of a better place.

www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Ştefan Tiron's review of Fluid Futures
5/5: This is Steven Shaviro's fourth theory book on science fiction criticism (following Connected, or What It Means to Live in the Network Society, Discognition, and Extreme Fabulations: Science Fict...
www.goodreads.com
December 9, 2024 at 6:18 PM
tironstefan.bsky.social
#sciencefiction #sfstudies #politics #political

A new French book about the Politics of Science Fiction.

editions-actusf.fr/a/collectif/...
Politiques de la science-fiction
editions-actusf.fr
August 26, 2026 at 11:38 AM
andie.mainz.social.ap.brid.gy
Call for Abstracts von @TATuP: "Exploring technologies through imaginary worlds: At the intersection of science fiction & technology assessment"

https://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/announcement/view/65

#ta #technologyassessment #sts #futurestudies #sfstudies #cfa
Call for Abstracts: "Exploring technologies through imaginary worlds: At the intersection of science fiction & technology assessment" | TATuP – Journal for Technology Assessment in Theory and Practice
www.tatup.de
July 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
fantastic-journal.bsky.social
With the next Avatar film on the horizon, I keep coming back to Pandora as a living speculative world—part myth, part ecological warning. Curious how Fire and Ash will reshape our understanding of conflict, nature, and identity. Thoughts? 🌱🔥 #Avatar #SFStudies
December 18, 2025 at 3:20 AM