The first in an obscure 1990s Lithuanian historical fiction series published in English, The Captive proves mildly interesting, poorly written, and narratively simple, but might be worth a look if you're interested in the pre-Christian Baltic.
Category: Genre Fantasies
Reading “The Blue Fox” by Sjón
Sjón's The Blue Fox is a compelling English translation of the Icelandic original, a magical realist historical fantasy that brings Icelandic folklore to life in a rural 19th century setting and features a rare representation of a character with Down syndrome.
Afrofuturism’s Specter: Alternate History, Racial Capitalism, and Nisi Shawl’s “Everfair”
This is the text of a paper about Nisi Shawl's Everfair originally presented at the Worlding SF conference in Graz, Austria in December 2018.
Sexual Violence in Le Guin’s The Dispossessed: Toward an Interpretation
This is the text of a paper about Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed written in 2015 for a graduate-level academic conference. It is roughly a decade old and the work of a scholar in his first year of graduate school.
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