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Contagion and the subject in contemporary American speculative fiction by Donner, Mathieu

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Palestinian speculative fiction: reimagining home in virtual Palestine by Anis Afifi Norbasudi, Raihan Rosman

“…Palestinian speculative fiction emerges as a powerful and dynamic literary genre, providing a distinctive lens on Palestine’s complex historical, political and cultural landscape. …”
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Imagining a Better World: Black Futurity in Contemporary Afrofuturism and Speculative Fiction by Dyer-Johnson, Omara Samirah

“…Contemporary Afrofuturism has further developed the ideas in canonical texts and these varying speculations both indicate the changing terrain of the genre and exemplify the versatility of contemporary Afrofuturism and Black speculative fiction. Afrofuturism is difficult to define because of these varying approaches, yet this breadth of perspectives is integral to the genre and its ability to challenge the absence of Black futurity in popular culture. …”
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Implications of grotesque features of scientific creations in Margaret Atwood’s selected speculative fiction by Ong, Li Yuan

“…Speculative fiction is a type of literary fictions, which consists of future speculations of the socio-political issues and set in a believable alternate setting. …”
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Capitalocene Dreams: Dark Tales of Near Futures & The 21st Century Catastrophe: Hyper-capitalism and Severe Climate Change in Science Fiction by Sparks, Catriona Margaret Mullineaux

“…This thesis investigates the research question: What is the role of speculative fiction in a climate changed world? The short story collection: Capitalocene Dreams: Dark Tales of Near Futures explores life on the fringes of disintegrating Australian enclaves during the dying days of neoliberal excess. …”
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Space opera: a hybrid form of science fiction and fantasy by Cupitt, Catherine Anne

“…“Falling Stars,” the creative component which includes fantasy, space opera and science fiction stories, constitutes a spectrum of speculative fiction. In order to illustrate the similarities and difference between the genres represented in the spectrum, I focus on the central figure of the alien other and the ways in which such a figure can be gendered and embodied. …”
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Maggot therapy and monstrosity: the grotesque in Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood by Ong, Li Yuan, Ali Termizi, Arbaayah, Moghadam, Nahid Shahbazi, Talif, Rosli

“…Speculative fiction is able to foresee the changes of the environment and social strata via imitation of future society (Gough, 2003; Otto, 2012). …”
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