With wings beating and claws held proudly aloft, Issue 1/2025 of Fafnir – Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research flies out! It includes over a hundred pages of articles, essays, and reviews looking at SFF from around the globe, with topics ranging from ecocriticism and solastalgia to spirituality and satire. https://fafnir.journal.fi/

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#Fantasy #SpeculativeFiction #LiteraryStudies

As the managing editor of the World Fantasy Award-winning Fafnir - Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research, I am proud to announce that if you've been looking forward to our new issue, you can find it open access at our new site: https://fafnir.journal.fi/ In 132 pages, our authors cover everything from new perspectives on classics like #Tolkien to #GameStudies and #technonaturalism, not to mention reviews of a wide range of academic books.

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The most Glaswegian of Worldcons is only a week away. I'm going to be there, presenting on time and tense in the translation of Chinese SF on Thursday. If you will also have been there, I will have been able to be said hi to!

(And yes, this will also have been a certified Double-Suoranta conference 🍄🏖🏖🍄).

#Glasgow2024 #ForOurFutures #SFResearch #ChineseSF #Translation #LiteraryScholarship #DoubleSuoranta #SeemsPrettyTense

With Finncon less than a week away, I thought I'd mention that I will be presenting in the con's academic track with the title "Gods and Demons on Motorcycles: Technological Worldbuilding in the Chinese Animated Films New Gods: Nezha Reborn and Green Snake". Come and have a listen if you're in Jyväskylä and Chinese fantasy animation is your thing!

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Officially on my way to the SFRA 2024 conference in Tartu!* I'll be talking about transition-stage China and its illusions in Chen Qiufan's "The Year of the Rat".

*a certified Double-Suoranta conference 🍄🏖🏖🍄

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