Available for Review

The following texts are available for review in SFRA Review.

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Please note that, because of the pandemic and because of changing publisher policies, an increasing number of books are available digitally as PDFs and EPUBs, rather than as hardcopy books. We do apologize for this, as we recognize that the amount of effort put into reading and reviewing a book, for a pro bono publication no less. If you require a print copy for accessibility reasons, please inform the appropriate review editor who will liaise with the publisher on your behalf.

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Nonfiction

Carroll, Shiloh. The Medieval Worlds of Neil Gaiman: From Sleeping Beauty to Beowulf.  University of Iowa Press, 2023. https://uipress.uiowa.edu/books/medieval-worlds-neil-gaiman#:~:text=Shiloh%20Carroll%20offers%20an%20introduction,own%20use%20of%20medieval%20material.  PDF. 

Friedman, Lester B. Citizen Spielberg. U of Illinois P, 2022. https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p073588  Print.

Goodwin, David J.  Midnight Rambles: H. P. Lovecraft in Gotham. https://www.fordhampress.com/9781531504410/midnight-rambles/  Empire State Editions, 2024. PDF. Hard copy available upon request. 

Hantke, Steffan. Cloverfield: Creatures and Catastrophes in Post-911 Cinema. University Press of Mississippi, 2023. https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/C/Cloverfield  Hard copy or e-copy. 

Karpouzou, Peggy, and Nikoleta Zampaki, eds. Symbiotic Posthuman Ecologies in Western Literature, Philosophy and Art. Studies in Literature, Culture and the Environment 11. Peter Lang, 2023. https://www.peterlang.com/document/1288773  PDF

Harrison, Niall. All These Worlds: Reviews and Essays. Briardene books, 2023. https://briardenebooks.uk/shop/ Available as ePub download or hard copy sent from publisher to reviewer. 

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

Howard, Richard. Space for Peace: Fragments of the Irish Troubles in the Science Fiction of Bob Shaw and James White. Liverpool UP, 2021.  https://global.oup.com/academic/product/space-for-peace-9781800348264?q=space%20for%20peace&lang=en&cc=ca Print 

Ingram, Penelope. Imperiled Whiteness: How Hollywood and Media Make Race in “Postracial” America. University Press of Mississippi, 2023. https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/I/Imperiled-Whiteness  PDF

Lindop, Samantha. The Stepford Wives. Auteur, 2022. https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/books/id/54557/  Print 

Matthews, Paul. Transparent Minds in Science Fiction: An Introduction to Accounts of Alien, AI and Post-Human Consciousness. Open Book, 2023. https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0348  Available as PDF or ePub; hard copy available on request 

Packer, Sharon. Lenses on Blindness. McFarland 2023. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Lenses-on-Blindness/ Password-protected PDF

Rosegrant, John. Tolkien, Enchantment, and Loss: Steps on the Developmental Journey. Kent State UP, 2022.  Print  https://www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2021/tolkien-enchantment-and-loss/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tolkien-enchantment-and-loss

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 

Walton, Michael. Prepare for Zombies, Survive a Flood: Natural Disaster Lessons from Undead Cinema. McFarland, 2023. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/prepare-for-zombies-survive-a-flood/  PDF  

Wenaus, Andrew C. Jeff Noon’s Vurt: A Critical Companion. Palgrave, 2022. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-07029-7 PDF 

Wilson, D. Harlan. Minority Report. Auteur, 2022.  https://global.oup.com/academic/product/minority-report-9781800856417?cc=ca&lang=en&  Link to ebook.

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Fiction

Asher, Neal. Jack Four (Night Shade), 2021.

Asher, Neal. Weaponized (Night Shade), 2022.

Ballingrud, Nathan. The Strange (Gallery/Saga), 2023.

Bangs, Ellie. Unity (Tachyon), 2021.

Binge, Nicholas. Ascension (Riverhead), 2023. 

Brown, Ness. The Scourge Between Stars (Tor), 2023. 

Candon, Emma Mieko. The Archive Undying (Tor), 2023. 

Cherryh, C.J., and Jane S. Fancher. Defiance (DAW), 2023.

Cronin, Justin. The Ferrman (Ballantine), 2023. 

Crouch, Blake. Upgrade (Ballantine), 2022. 

de Bodard, Aliette. Fireheart Tiger (Tor), 2021. 

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

Eason, K. Nightwatch over Windscar (DAW), 2022. 

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

Ennes, Hiron. Leech (Tor), 2022. 

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

Gear, Kathleen O’Neal. The Ice Orphan (DAW), 2022. 

Gear, W. Michael. Reckoning (DAW), 2022. 

Gladstone, Max. Dead Country (Tor), 2022.

Harrow, Alix E. A Mirror Mended (Tor.com), 2022.

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

Kornher-Stace, Nicole. Jillian vs. Parasite Planet (Tachyon), 2021.

Liss, David. The Peculiarities (Tachyon), 2021.

Mandel, Emily St. John. Sea of Tranquility (Vintage), 2022.  

McGuire, Seanan. Across the Green Grass Fields (Tor), 2021. 

Miles, Terry. Rabbits (Del Rey), 2022. 

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

Moore, Scotto. Battle of the Linguistic Mages (Tor), 2022.

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

Newitz, Annalee. The Terraformers (Tor), 2023. 

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

Ogden, Aimee. Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters (Tor), 2021.

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

Palmer, Suzanne. The Scavenger Door (DAW), 2022. 

Pokwatka, Aimee. Self-Portrait with Nothing (Tor), 2022.

Robson, Eddie. Drunk on All Your Strange New Worlds (Tor), 2022.

Samatar, Sofia. The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain (Tor), 2023. 

Scalzi, John. The Kaiju Preservation Society (Tor), 2023.

Shanoes, Veronica. Burning Girls and Other Stories (Tor), 2022.

Strahan, Jonathan, ed. Tomorrow’s Parties: Life in the Anthropocene (The MIT Press), 2022. 

Stross, Charles. Invisible Sun (Tor), 2021. 

Tchaikovsky, Adrian. Children of Memory (Orbit), 2023. 

Tchaikovsky, Adrian. Lords of Uncreation (Orbit), 2023. 

Tesh, Emily. Some Desperate Glory (Tor), 2023. 

Thomas, Sheree Renée, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight, editors. Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction (Tor), 2022.

Valente, Catherynne M. The Past is Red (Tor), 2021. 

Vo, Nghi. The Chosen and the Beautiful (Tor), 2021.

Wellington, David. Paradise-1 (Orbit), 2023. Wight, Will. The Captain (Hidden Gnome), 2023.

West, Joma. Face (Tor), 2023. 

Wight, Will. The Captain (Hidden Gnome), 2023.

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Media for Review

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Television

Secret Invasion. Ali Selim. Marvel Studios and Disney +, June 2023 (Television)

Star Trek: Picard: Akiva Goldsman, Michael Cabon, Kristen Beyer, and Alex Kurtzman. Paramount, February, 2023 (Television)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (S2), Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet. Paramount+, June 2023 (Television)

Black Mirror (S6), Charlie Brooker. Netflix, June 2024 (Television)

Black Knight, Cho Ui-seok. Netflix, May 2023 (Television)

Silo, Graham Yost. Mímir Films and AppleTV+, May 2023 (Television)

Mrs Davis, Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof. Peacock, April 2023 (Television)

From (Season 2). John Griffin, April 2023 (Television)

The Power, Raelle Tucker and Naomi Alderman and Claire Wilson and Sarah Quintrell. Amazon Prime Video, March 2023 (Television)

The Mandalorian (S3), Jon Favreau. Lucasfilm and Disney+, March 2023 (Television)

Hello Tomorrow!, Amit Bhalla and Lucas Jansen. Apple TV+, February 2023 (Television)

Star Trek: Picard: Akiva Goldsman, Michael Cabon, Kristen Beyer, and Alex Kurtzman. Paramount, February, 2023 (Television)

Star Wars: The Bad Batch (S2). Dave Filoni. Disney+, January 2023 (Television)

Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities. Guillermo del Toro. Netflix, October 2022 (Television)

Quantum Leap (2022). Donald P. Bellisario. Dean Georgaris Entertainment, September 2022 (Television)

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. Rafał Jaki and Mike Pondsmith. CD Projekt Red, September 2022 (Television)

Ms Marvel. Bisha K. Ali. Marvel Studios, July 2022 (Television)

Paper Girls (Season 1). Stephany Folsom, July 2022 (Television)

The Boys (Season 3). Eric Kripke, June 2022 (Television)

Stranger Things (Season 4). Duffer Brothers, May-July 2022 (Television)

Obi-Wan Kenobi (Season 1). Deborah Chow, May 2022 (Television)

Night Sky (Season 1). Holden Miller and Daniel C. Connolly, May 2022 (Television)

The Man Who Fell to Earth (Season 1). Jenny Lumet and Alex Kurtzman, April 2022 (Television)

Undone (Season 2). Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg, April 2022 (Television)

Halo (Season 1). Kyle Killen and Steven Kane, March 2022 (Television)

Resident Alien (Season 2). Chris Sheridan. Syfy, January 2021 (Television)

Station Eleven. Patrick Somerville. Pacesetter Productions, December 2021 (Television)

The Silent Sea. Park Eun-kyo. Artist Company and Netflix, December 2021 (Television)

The Expanse (Final Season). Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby. Amazon Studios, December 2021 (Television)

Lost in Space (Final Season). Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless. Sazama Sharpless Productions and Netflix, December 2021 (Television)

Star Wars: Book of Boba Fett (Season 1). Jon Favreau. Disney+, December 2021 (Television)

Arcane (Season 1). Christian Linke and Alex Yee. Riot Games and Netflix, November 2021 (Television)

Star Trek: Discovery (Season 4). Michelle Paradise. Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment, November 2021 (Television)

Cowboy Bebop. André Nemec. Tomorrow Studios, November 2021 (Television)

Doctor Who (Series 13). Chris Chibnall. BBC, October 2021 (Television)

Star Trek: Prodigy. Kevin and Dan Hageman. Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment, October 2021 (Television)

Y: The Last Man. Eliza Clark. Future Investigations and Color Force, September 2021 (Television)

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Film

They Cloned Tyrone. Juel Taylor. MACRO Media and Netflix, July 2023 (Film)

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

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson. Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation, June 2023 (Film)

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. James Gunn. Marvel Studios and Disney, April 2023 (Film)

Simulant. April Mullen. WANGO Films and Telefilm Canada, April 2023 (Film)

65. Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. Columbia Pictures, March 2023 (Film)

The Wandering Earth 2 (流浪地球2). Frant Gwo (郭帆). China Film Group Corporation, January 2023 (Film)

Avatar 2:The Way of Water. James Cameron. 20th Century Studios, December 2022 (Film)

Black Adam. Jaume Collet-Serra. New Line Cinema, October 2022 (Film)

Don’t Worry Darling. Olivia Wilde. New Line Cinema, September 2022 (Film)

Vesper. Kristina Buožytė. Natrix Natrix, August 2022 (Film)

Brian and Charles. David Earl. BFI, July 2022 (Film)

Alienoid. Choi Dong-hoon (최동훈). Caper Film, July 2022 (Film)

Thor: Love and Thunder. Taika Waititi. Marvel Studios, July 2022 (Film)

Nope. Jordan Peele. Universal Pictures, July 2022 (Film)

Karmalink. Jake Wachtel. Valerie Steinberg Productions, July 2022 (Film)

Spiderhead. Joseph Kosinski. Netflix, June 2022 (Film)

Firestarter. Keith Thomas. Blumhouse Productions, May 2022 (Film)

Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood. Richard Linklater. Netflix, April 2022 (Film)

Moonshot. Chris Winterbauer. Warner Bros. Pictures, March 2022 (Film)

The Adam Project. Shawn Levy. Skydance Media and Maximum Effort, March 2022 (Film)

After Yang. Kogonada. A24, Cinereach, and Per Capita Productions, March 2022 (Film)

Moonfall. Roland Emmerich. UK Moonfall LLP and Huayi Brothers International, February 2022 (Film)

Cosmic Dawn. Jefferson Moneo. Cranked Up Films, February 2022 (Film)

Dual. Riley Stearns. XYZ Films, January 2022 (Film)

Mother/Android. Mattson Tomlin. Miramax and Hulu, December 2021 (Film)

Spider-Man: No Way Home. Jon Watts. Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios, December 2021 (Film)

Reminiscence. Lisa Joy. FilmNation Entertainment, Kilter Films, and Michael De Luca Productions, August 2021 (Film)

Tides. Tim Fehlbaum. BerghausWöbke Filmproduktion, Vega Film, and Constantin Film, August 2021 (Film)

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Games

New Tales from the Borderlands. Gearbox Studio, October 2022 (Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)

Stranded: Alien Dawn. Frontier Foundry, October 2022 (VG – PC)

Terra Invicta. Hooded Horse, September 2022 (VG – PC)

Beyond a Steel Sky. Revolution Software, November 2021 (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)

Sable. Raw Fury, September 2021 (VG – PC, XBox One, X/S)

Starship Troopers: Extermination. Offworld Industries, May 2023 (PC)

System Shock. Nightdive Studios, May 2023 (PC, Linux, macOS, PS4, PS5, XOne, XSXS)

Planet of Lana. Wishfully Studios, May 2023 (PC, XBox One, Xbox Series X/S)

Star Wars: Jedi Survivor. Respawn Entertainment and EA, April 2023 (PS5, PC, XBox Series X/S)

Scars Above. Mad Head Games, February 2023 (PS4, PS5, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)