Spotlight: Science Fiction

Since 2017, Sherryl Vint (UC Riverside) has curated a selection of annotated bibliographic articles across the literature and cinema studies modules in Oxford Bibliographies. These articles explore the growing scholarly area of Science Fiction. From Metropolis to The Matrix, and from Mary Shelley to Octavia Butler, this project aims to cover the major themes and works in the field and will continue to grow in the coming years.

American Literature

• Frank Herbert’s Dune and the Dune Series
• Joanna Russ
• Kim Stanley Robinson
• Octavia Butler
• Philip K. Dick
• Samuel R. Delany
• William Gibson
• Ursula K. Le Guin

Victorian Literature

• H. G. Wells

British and Irish Literature

• J. G. Ballard
• Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Cinema and Media Studies

• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Alphaville
• Darren Aronofsky
• Godzilla
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• John Carpenter
• Planet of the Apes
• Repo Man
• Star Wars

Featured image credit: Planet Moon Orbit Solar by LoganArt. Public Domain via Pixabay.

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