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Nonfiction

Abley, Sean, and Tyler Duplé, eds. Queer Horror: A Film Guide. McFarland, 2024. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Queer-Horror/  PDF.

Alberto, Heather et al., eds. Utopian and Dystopian Explorations of Pandemics and Ecological Breakdown: Entangled Futurities. Routledge Environmental Humanities Series. Routledge, 2024. https://www.routledge.com/Utopian-and-Dystopian-Explorations-of-Pandemics-and-Ecological-Breakdown/Alberro-Atasoy-Castle-Firth-Scott/p/book/9781032385914 PDF, or open access at link.

Bhattachargee, Subashish, and Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, eds. Horror and Philosophy: Essays on Their Intersection in Film, Television and Literature. McFarland, 2023. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/horror-and-philosophy/  PDF. 

Bisson, Terry, ed. The Outspoken and the Incendiary: Interviews with Radical Speculative Fiction Writers.  PM Press, 2025. Hard copy of PDF. https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1817

Brode, Douglas, ed. Analyzing the Marvel Universe: Critical Essays on the Comics and Film Adaptations. McFarland, 2024. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Analyzing-the-Marvel-Universe/ PDF.

Budaj, Allison Christina. Badass Women and Hashtagged Zombies: Gender in The Walking Dead from screen to Social Media. McFarland, 2024. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Badass-Women-and-Hashtagged-Zombies/ PDF.

Buhs, Joshua Blu. Think to New Worlds: The Cultural History of Charles Fort and His Followers. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/T/bo214839745.html University of Chicago Press, 2024. Galley PDF.

Bullins, Jeffrey. Sound in the American Horror Film. McFarland, 2024. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Sound-in-the-American-Horror-Film/. PDF.

Carter, Greg. I’d Just as Soon Kiss a Wookiee: Uncovering Racialized Desire in the Star Wars Galaxy. U of Texas P, 2025. PDF or hard copy. https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477331590/

Debus, Allen A. When the Asteroid Hits: Earth Impacts and Extinction Events in Popular Culture. McFarland, 2024. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/when-the-asteroid-hits/?srsltid=AfmBOorytX0XFrbImFMxX3Ucz7HxcX6lHmM0PMeFrsl3iOHr9VxNcqyP PDF via secure online link

Caron, Caroline-Isabelle and Kristin Noone, eds. Strange Novel Worlds: Essays on Star Trek Tie-In Fiction. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Strange-Novel-Worlds/ McFarland, 2024. PDF.

Carberry, Chris. The Music of Space: Scoring the Cosmos in Film and Television.  https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-music-of-space/ McFarland 2024. PDF.

Castle, Nora, and Giulia Champion, eds. Animals and Science Fiction. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-41695-8 Palgrave, 2024. PDF.

Cesari, Francesco. The Films of Jésus Franco, 1953-1966. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/The-Films-of-Jesus-Franco-1953-1966/ McFarland 2024. PDF.

Cohn, Jesse S. Hot Equations: Science, Fantasy, and the Radical Imagination on a Troubled Planet. UP of Mississippi, 2024. https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/H/Hot-Equations  PDF.

Curti, Roberto. Marco Ferreri: The Films of An Italian Provocateur. McFarland, 2024. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Marco-Ferreri/ McFarland. PDF.

Drebit, Scott. A Cut Below: A Celebration of B Horror Movies, 1950s-1980s. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/a-cut-below/ McFarland, 2024. PDF.

Ellis, Jim, and Noreen Humble, eds. Mythologies of Outer Space. U of Calgary P, 2025. https://press.ucalgary.ca/books/9781773855875/ E-text or hard copy, as reviewer prefers

Feist, Richard, ed. Jesuits in Science Fiction: Reason and Revelation on Other Worlds. Vernon P, 2024. https://vernonpress.com/book/2044

Fellner, Chris. The Screen Chills Companion, 1931–1939. McFarland, 2025. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/The-Screen-Chills-Companion-1931-1939/ PDF

Garlen, Jennifer C., and Anissa M. Graham, eds. Space, the Feminist Frontier. McFarland, 2024. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Space-the-Feminist-Frontier/ PDF.

Giesen, Rolf. The Nosferatu Story: The Seminal Horror Film, Its Predecessors and Its Legacy. 2^nd edition. McFarland 2025. PDF. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-nosferatu-story-2/

Glassy, Mark C. Revenge of the Movie Monster Models: A New Gallery of Figures and Dioramas. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Revenge-of-the-Movie-Monster-Models/ McFarland, 2024.

Gomel, Elana, and Simon Bacon, eds. Aliens: A Companion. Peter Lang, 2024. https://www.peterlang.com/document/1398572 PDF or hard copy, contingent on location.

Grafius, Brandon R. and John W. Morehead, eds. Horror Comics and Religion: Essays on Framing the Monstrous and the Divine. McFarland, 2024. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Horror-Comics-and-Religion/ PDF

Guangzhao, Lyu. The Boom & The Boom: Historical Rupture and Political Economy in Contemporary British and Chinese Science Fiction. Peter Lang, 2024. https://www.peterlang.com/document/1340778 PDF or hard copy, contingent on location.

Heller-Nicholas, Alexandra. The Cinema Coven: Witches, Witchcraft, and Women’s Filmmaking. McFarland, 2024. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/The-Cinema-Coven/ PDF

Holterhoff, Kate. Speculation and the Darwinian Method in British Romance Fiction, 1859-1914. Ohio UP, 2025. PDF or hard copy. https://www.ohioswallow.com/9780821425961/speculation-and-the-darwinian-method-in-british-romance-fiction-1859-1914/

Heter, Joshua, and Josef Thomas Simpson. Asimov’s Foundation and Philosophy. Open Universe, 2023. https://bookshop.org/p/books/asimov-s-foundation-and-philosophy-joshua-heter/18584574?ean=9781637700303  ARC PDF.

Hubber, Duncan. POV Horror: The Trauma Aesthetic of the Found Footage Genre. McFarland, 2023. PDF  https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/pov-horror/ 

Izay, Ryan. Home Invasion Horrors: A History and Analysis of Cinematic Break-Ins. McFarland, 2025. PDF. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Home-Invasion-Horrors/

Jenkins, Jerry Rafiki. Anti-Blackness and Human Monstrosity in Black American Horror Fiction. Ohio State UP, 2024. https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814215364.html  PDF, or hard copy sent to reviewer by publisher.

Kapell, Matthew Wilhelm, ed. Broadening Horizon: Essays on Environment, Culture, Identity and Myth in the Game Franchise. McFarland, 2025. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/broadening-horizon/  PDF

Kincaid, Paul. Colourfields: Writing about Science Fiction. Briardene, 2025. https://briardenebooks.uk/shop/ PDF X.

Kotsko, Adam. Late Star Trek: The Final Frontier in the Franchise Era. U of Minnesota P, 2025. https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517919108/late-star-trek/ PDF (galleys); potential print copy in the near future.

Larkin, Leslie. Reading in the Postgenomic Age: Race, Discipline, and Bionarrativity in Contemporary North American Literature. New Suns: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Speculative. Ohio State UP, 2025. Hard copy or electronic. https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814215852.html

Lawson, Ashley. On Edge: Gender and Genre in the Works of Shirley Jackson, Patricia Highsmith, and Leigh Brackett. Ohio State UP, 2024. https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814215746.html PDF or hard copy, on reviewer request.

Leitch, Gillian I. Leitch, and Sherry Ginn. Being a Girl with the Doctor: Essays on the Feminine in Doctor Who. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Being-a-Girl-with-The-Doctor/ McFarland, 2024. PDF.

MacDonald, Erin E., ed. Outlander and Lord John as Crime Fiction. McFarland, 2025. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/outlander-and-lord-john-as-crime-fiction/ PDF

March-Russell, Paul. J. G. Ballard’s Crash. Palgrave, 2024. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-73094-8 PDF.

McGuiness, Kevin. The Cinematic Boogeyman: From the Fairy Tale to the Slasher Film. McFarland, 2024. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/The-Cinematic-Boogeyman/ PDF.

McMahon-Coleman, Kimberley, Nina Vanessa Weber, and Iris-Aya Laemmerhirt, eds. The Vampire Diaries as Postmodern Storytelling. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/The-Vampire-Diaries-as-Postmodern-Storytelling/ McFarland, 2024. PDF.

Nussbaum, Abigail. Track Changes: Selected Reviews. https://briardenebooks.uk/shop/ Briardene, 2024. PDF.

Pitts, Michael R. Thrills Untapped 2: More Discoveries for Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Fans, 1928-1936. McFarland, 2025. PDF  https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/thrills-untapped-2/?srsltid=AfmBOoo9wMohXsxOQNiyEHGegrDBTHH_y6-h3WZhzvcpk0QiR1PznlTO

Reikki, Ron, and Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr, eds. The Many Lives of The Purge. McFarland, 2024. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/The-Many-Lives-of-The-Purge/ PDF.

Sanchez-Taylor, Joy. Dispelling Fantasies: Authors of Color Reimagining a Genre. Ohio State UP, 2025. https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814215906.html digital link (hard copy on request)

Schmeink, Lars, and Ingo Cornils, eds. New Perspectives on Contemporary German Science Fiction. Palgrave, 2022.  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-95963-0 PDF.

Sebastián-Martín, Miguel. Thinking Through High-Tech Hell: A Theory of the New Media Dystopia. Peter Lang, 2025. https://www.peterlang.com/document/1465903 PDF. Hard copy can be requested.

Senn, Bryan. Mummy Movies: A Comprehensive Guide. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Mummy-Movies/  McFarland, 2024. PDF.

Stack, Mike. Doctor Who and Gay Male Fandom: A Queer(ed) Transmedia Franchise. Amsterdam UP, 2024. https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789463727570/doctor-who-and-gay-male-fandom PDF.

Stephens, John C. States of Altered Consciousness in the Movies: Portrayals of Hypnosis, Brainwashing, Spirit Possession, Dreams and Visions Since the 1940s. McFarland, 2024. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Altered-States-of-Consciousness-in-the-Movies/ PDF

Shapiro, Alan N. Decoding Digital Culture with Science Fiction: Hyper-Modernism, Hyperreality, and Posthumanism. https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7242-8/decoding-digital-culture-with-science-fiction/?c=313034678 Transcript, 2024.

Stead, Evanghelia. Grotesque and Performance in the Art of Aubrey Beardsley. Open Book Publishers, 2024. https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0413 PDF. (Hard copy can be obtained from publisher on request.)

Tenuto, Maria Jose and John Tenuto. The Star Wars Radio Dramas: Brian Daley and the Serialization that Saved NPR. McFarland, 2024. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-star-wars-radio-dramas/ PDF.

Traiger, Saul. Twilight Zone Reflections: An Introduction to the Philosophical Imagination. https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/6969z3756 Lever, 2024. 

Wallach, Rick. In Search of Godzilla: Myth, Stagecraft and Politics in Ishiro Honda’s Masterpiece. McFarland 2025. PDF. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/In-Search-of-Godzilla/

Wenz, C. Wylie, Angela Tenga, and Kyle Bishop, eds. The Post-Zombie: Essays on the Evolving Undead. Contributions to Zombie Studies. McFarland, 2025. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/The-Post-Zombie/  PDF

Wilson, David H. Strangelove Country: Science Fiction, Filmosophy, and the Kubrickian Consciousness. Stalking Horse Press, 2025. https://www.stalkinghorsepress.com/2024/01/02/d-harlan-wilsons-strangelove-country-publishing-november-2024/ ARC PDF

Woodcock, Jamie, ed. Andor Analyzed Part 1: The Roots of Rebellion in Star Wars. Red Futures, 2024. https://www.redfuturesmag.com/andor-analysed-part-1/ PDF downloadable at link.

Wosk, Julie. Artificial Women: Sex Dolls, Robot Caregivers, and More Facsimile Females. Indiana UP, 2024.   https://iupress.org/9780253069252/artificial-women/ PDF.

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Fiction

Barsukov, Yaroslav. Sleeping Worlds have no Memory (CAEZIK SF and Fantasy), 2024.

Binge, Nicholas. Ascension (Riverhead), 2023. 

Bisson, Terry. Tomorrowing (Duke UP), 2024.

Chandrasekera, Vajra. Rakesfall (Tor), 2024.

de Bodard Aliette. Navigational Entanglements (Tor), 2024.

Douglas, Ian. Alien Agendas (Harpery Voyager), 2023. 

Elliott, Kate. Furious Heaven (Tor), 2023. 

Ferguson, S.E. The Elders’ Sequence (Compassionate Alien Press), 2024.

Friedman, C.S. Nightborn: Coldfire Rising (DAW), 2023. 

Gallagher, Elaine. Unexploded Remnants (Tor), 2024.

Greenaway, Benjamin, and Stephen Oram, eds. All Tomorrow’s Futures: Fictions that Disrupt (Cybersalon Press), 2024. 

Haddon, Seth. Volatile Memory (Tor), 2025. 

Klune, T.J. In the Lives of Puppets (Tor), 2023. 

Leckie, Anne. Translation State (Orbit), 2023. 

Liu, Cixin. A View from the Stars (Tor), 2024. 

Medema, Todd. How to Surf a Hurricane (Atmosphere Press), 2025. 

Moore, Jared. The Strength of the Illusion (Ergal), 2023

Moore, Scotto. Wild Massive (Tor), 2023. 

Neuvel, Sylvain. For the First Time, Again (Tor), 2023. 

Ogden, Aimee. Emergent Properties (Tor), 2023. 

Okorafor, Nnedi. One Way Witch (DAW), 2025.

Okungbowa, Suyi Davis. Lost Ark Dreaming (Tor), 2024. 

Oyebanji, Adam. Esperance (DAW), 2025. 

Palmer, Suzanne. Ghostdrift (DAW), 2024.

Reich, James. Skinship (Anti-Oedipus), 2024. 

Revis, Beth. Full Speed to a Crash Landing (DAW), 2024. 

Revis, Beth. Last Chance to Save the World (DAW), 2025. 

Samatar, Sofia. The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain (Tor), 2024. 

Scalzi, John. Starter Villain (Tor), 2023. 

Straczynski, J. Michael. Earthlight: A Random House Audiobook Original (Random House Audio), 2024. 

Talabi, Wole. Convergence Problems (Astra), 2024.

Tchaikovsky, Adrian. Service Model (Tor), 2024. 

Tesh, Emily. Some Desperate Glory (Tor), 2024.

Urbanski, Debbie. After World (Simon & Schuster), 2023.

Utomi, Moses Ose. The Memory of the Ogisi (Tor), 2025.

Wagner, Erin K. Mechanize My Hands to War (DAW), 2024.

Waite, Olivia. Murder by Memory (Tor), 2025.

Wellington, David. Paradise-1 (Orbit), 2023. 

Wells, Martha. System Collapse (Tor), 2023.

West, Joma. Face (Tor), 2023. 

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Media for Review

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Television

Eyes of Wakanda. Todd Harris. Disney+, August 2025 (Television)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (S3). Akiva Goldsman. Paramount+, July 2025 (Television)

Foundation (S3). David S. Goyer and Josh Friedman. Apple TV, July 2025 (Television)

Squid Game (오징어 게임), (S3). Hwang Dong-hyuk (황동혁). Siren Pictures Inc and Netflix, June 2025 (Television)

Murderbot. Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz. Apple TV, May 2025 (Television)

Love, Death + Robots (S4). Tim Miller. Netflix, May 2025 (Television)

Project UFO. Kasper Bajon. Netflix, April 20215 (Television)

The Eternaut. Bruno Stagnaro. K&S Films and Netflix, April 2025 (Television)

Doctor Who (Series 15). Russell T. Davies. BBC One and Disney+, April 2025 (Television)

Andor (S2). Tony Gilroy. Disney+, April 2025 (Television)

Last of Us (S2). Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann. HBO, April 2025 (Television)

The Wheel of Time (S3). Rafe Judkins. Amazon Prime, March 2025 (Television)

Cassandra. Benjamin Gutsche. Rat Pack Film and Netflix, February 2025 (Television)

The Handmaiden’s Tale (S6). Bruce Miller. Hulu, April 2025 (Television)

Severance (S2). Dan Erickson. Apple TV, January 2025 (Television)

Arcane (S2). Christian Linke and Alex Yee. Fortiche, Riot Games, and Netflix, November 2024 (Television)

Star Trek: Lower Decks (S5). Mike McMahan. Paramount+, October 2024 (Television)

Terminator Zero. Mattson Tomlin. Netflix, August 2024 (Television)

The Acolyte. Leslye Headland. Disney+, June 2024 (Television).

Goodbye Earth (종말의 바보). Jung Sung-joo (정성주). IMTV and Netflix, April 2024 (Television)

Parasyte: The Grey. Yeon Sang-ho. Climax Studio and Wow Point, April 2024 (Television)

X-Men ‘97. Beau DeMayo. Disney+, March 2024 (Television)

For All Mankind (S4). Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, Ben Nedivi. AppleTV+, November 2023 (Television)

Iwájú. Olufikayo Adeola. Disney Animation Studios and Kugali Media, February 2024 (Television)

Upload (S3). Greg Daniels. Amazon Prime Video, October 2023 (Television)

Gen V. Craig Rosenberg, Evan Goldberg, and Eric Kripke. Amazon Prime Videom September 2023 (Television)

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Film

The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Matt Shakman. Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Studios, July 2025 (Film)

Superman. James Gunn. DC Studios and Warner Bros. Pictures, July 2025 (Film)

Predator: Killer of Killers. Dan Trachtenberg. 20th Century Studios, June 2025 (Film)

Mickey 17. Bong Joon Ho (봉준호). Warner Bros Pictures, March 2025 (Film)

The Assessment. Fleur Fortuné. Number 9 Films, March 2025 (Film)

Ash. Flying Lotus. XYZ Films. March 2025 (Film)

Companion. Drew Hancock. New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures, January 2025 (Film)

Watchmen Chapter I & II. Brandon Vietti. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, August & November 2024 (Film)

The Fix. Kelsey Egan. Gravitas Ventures, November 2024 (Film)

Elevation. George Nolfi. Vertical, November 2024 (Film)

The Wild Robot. Chris Sanders. Disney, September 2024 (Film)

Megalopolis. Francis Ford Coppola. Lionsgate Films, September 2024 (Film)

Alien: Romulus. Fede Álvarez. 20th Century Studios, August 2024 (Film)

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Wes Ball. 20th Century Studios, May 2024 (Film)

The Beast (La Bête). Bertrand Bonello. Les Films du Bélier and Ad Vitam, February 2024 (Film)

Godzilla Minus One (ゴジラ-1.0). Takashi Yamazaki (山崎 貴). Toho Studios, December 2023 (Film)

Mars Express. Jérémie Périn. Gebeka Films, November 2023 (Film)

Asteroid City. Wes Anderson. American Empirical Pictures, June 2023 (Film)

1984. Diana Ringo. AElita Productions, November 2023 (Film)

If You Were the Last. Kristian Mercado. Peacock, October 2023 (Film)

Relax, I’m From the Future. Luke Higginson. Game Theory Films, September 2023 (Film)

The Creator. Gareth Edwards. 20th Century Studios, September 2023 (Film)

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Games

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. Hideo Kojima. Kojima Productions, June 2025 (PS5)

Split Fiction. Hazelight Studios, March 2025 (PS5, PC, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2)

Europa. Future Friends Games, October 2024 (PC, Switch)

Satellite Odyssey: Prologue. Antifreeze, August 2024 (PC)

The Talos Principle 2. Croteam, November 2023 (PC, PS5,  XBox Series X/S)

The Invincible. 11 Bit Studios, November 2023 (PC, PS5, XBox Series X/S)

Starfield. Bethesda, September 2023 (PC, XBox Series X/S)