⮌ SFRA Review, vol. 56 no. 3 From the SFRA Executive Committee SFRA Awards Presented at the 2026 “Into the Slipstream: Watering Futures” Conference at Michigan State University Student Paper AwardCommittee Chair: Yilun Fan We are delighted to present this year’s Student Paper Award to Franklin Mitchell for “‘I Must Put Things in My Mouth’: … Continue reading SFRA Awards Presented at the 2026 “Into…
⮌ SFRA Review, vol. 56 no. 3 From the SFRA Review Summer 2026 Ian Campbell It is likely that most of you who read this journal have also seen Ali Rıza Taşkale’s recent Aeon article, “The Looting of Science Fiction”, but if you have not yet had the opportunity, please take the time. The article … Continue reading Summer 2026
⮌ SFRA Review, vol. 56 no. 3 From the SFRA Executive Committee From the Vice President Chris Pak Greetings all! It has been an incredibly busy and hot summer, but I hope it has been treating you well. We’ve had our amazing SFRA conference at Michigan State University last month and I’d like to thank … Continue reading From the Vice President
⮌ SFRA Review, vol. 56 no. 3 From the SFRA Executive Committee From the President Stina Attebery This summer we gathered in person and virtually for the 2026 SFRA conference on the theme “Into the Slipstream: Watering Futures” in East Lansing, Michigan. I want to thank the conference organizing team for all the amazing work … Continue reading From the President
⮌ SFRA Review, vol. 56 no. 3 From the SFRA Review Call for Co-Editors of the SFRA Review The Editorial Collective The SFRA Review is seeking two scholars to serve as co-editors of the journal. Both will work together with Ian Campbell over the course of two quarterly issues to gain experience with the details … Continue reading Call for Co-Editors of the SFRA Review
⮌ SFRA Review, vol. 56 no. 3 Features Work in the Future: Technological Opportunity or Human Obsolescence in Science Fiction and Reality Tiff Graham Everybody knew what was supposed to happen. Technological forecasters predicted it. Economic prognosticators confirmed the warnings. Politicians viewed with alarm. The displacement of flesh and blood works by ugly, anthropomorphic machines … Continue…
⮌ SFRA Review, vol. 56, no. 3 Media Reviews Review of The Invincible Jules Otero i Besolí The Invincible. Directed by Marek Markuszewski, Starward Industries / 11 Bit Studios, 2023. Played on Windows PC. Made up of veteran developers coming from teams such as CD Projekt RED and Techland Games and having worked on titles … Continue reading The Invincible
⮌ SFRA Review, vol. 56, no. 3 Media Reviews Review of Orwell 2+2=5 Alfredo Suppia Orwell 2+2=5. Dir. Raoul Peck. Velvet Film and others, 2025. Raoul Peck, the director of the acclaimed I Am Not Your Negro (2016), delivers a deeply moving and intellectually sharp account of recent history and the contemporary world, drawing on … Continue reading Orwell 2+2=5
⮌ SFRA Review, vol. 56, no. 3 Fiction Reviews Review of Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory Andrew Sztehlo Barsukov, Yaroslav. Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory. CAEZIK SF & Fantasy, 2024. Much has been made of the prophetic nature of Yaroslav Barsukov’s 2021 novella Tower of Mud and Straw, an expanded version of which forms the … Continue reading Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory
⮌ SFRA Review, vol. 56, no. 3 Fiction Reviews Review of Spread Me Shannon Blake Skelton Gailey, Sarah. Spread Me. Tor Nightfire, 2025. Popular discourse surrounding body-horror is often situated around cinema, notably horror films that depict the dread and terror of the transformation and loss of agency of one’s own corporeal form. The term … Continue reading Spread Me
