Vol. 52, No. 4 (Fall 2022)




Table of Contents


FROM THE SFRA REVIEW

Fall 2022 (From the Editor)  •  Ian Campbell

The SFRA Review’s Transition to Partial Peer Review • The Editorial Collective

Become a Reviewer! Nonfiction, Fiction and Media Available for Review



FROM THE SFRA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

From the President  •  Gerry Canavan

From the Vice President  •  Ida Yoshinaga

Candidate Statements for the 2023-2025 SFRA Executive Committee • Keren Omry


FEATURES

Call For Papers: Conservative/Right-Wing SF • The Editorial Collective


FICTION

Call For Submissions: Fiction



SYMPOSIUM: CONFLICTING MASCULINITIES IN SF

Introduction to Symposium • Michael Pitts


Conan’s Iron Thews: Masculinity and Degeneracy in the Age of Eugenics • Brad Congdon

Modeling Masculinities in Brothers Strugatsky’s The Snail on the Slope • RB Lemberg

Exploring the Banishment and Reformation of Masculinity in Scientific Gynotopias • Rachel Harrison

A Deconstruction of Masculine Hegemony: Identifying the Gender Pluralities through Byatt’s The Biographer’s Tale • Somasree Santra

Being the Other, the Other Being: Masculine Insecurities in Matthew Haig’s The Humans and Blake Crouch’s Dark Matter • Sara Martín

Satirical Sleight of Hand in Warhammer 40K: Space Marines and Hegemonic Masculinity • Jordan Etherington

Expanding the Possibilities of Manhood: Competing Masculinities in The Expanse • Ezekiel Crago



NONFICTION REVIEWS

Review of Reconfiguring Human, Nonhuman and Posthuman in Literature and Culture  •  Anelise Farris

Review of Child and Youth Agency in Science Fiction: Travel, Technology, Time • Adam McLain

Review of AKB48 • Amber A. Logan

Review of Terry Pratchett’s Ethical Worlds: Essays on Identity and Narrative in Discworld and Beyond • Maria Alberto

Review of Ethical Futures and Global Science Fiction • Tristan Sheridan

Review of Bradbury Beyond Apollo • Rafeeq O. McGiveron

Review of Reality, Magic, and Other Lies: Fairy-Tale Film Truths • Megan Spring

Review of Futuristic Cars and Space Bicycles: Contesting the Road in American Science Fiction • Fred Motson

Review of Fantasy • Audrey Taylor

Review of Re-Enchanted: The Rise of Children’s Fantasy Literature in the Twentieth Century • Lenander



FICTION REVIEWS

Review of The People’s Republic of Everything • Sébastian Doubinsky

Review of “The Conquest of Gola” and Other Stories by Leslie F. Stone • Sue Smith



MEDIA REVIEWS

Review of Moon Knight • Jeremy Brett