Vol. 56, No. 4 (Fall 2026)




Table of Contents


FROM THE SFRA REVIEW

Fall 2026 (From the Editor)  •  Ian Campbell

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



FROM THE SFRA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

From the President  •  Stina Attebery

From the Vice President • Chris Pak



FEATURES

Papers of Legendary Author Jack Vance Now at The University of Texas at Tyler • Billy Cryer

Banality, Absurdity, and Liang Qingsan’s Science-Fictional Counter-Narratives • Fontaine Lien

The Picture Is Right, the Scale Is Wrong: Scalar Calibration in Katherine MacLean’s “Pictures Don’t Lie” • George Kaldis

Africanfuturism and Francophone Fiction: Science, Spiritualism, and Speculation • Isaac Joslin

Metafiction and Pale Fire in Blade Runner 2049 • Ian Campbell



NONFICTION REVIEWS

Review of Religion and Science Fiction • Dominick Grace

Review of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit: Realizing History Through Fantasy • Sara Brown

Review of Asimov’s Foundation and Philosophy: Psychohistory and Its Discontents • Zachary Reger

Review of Artificial Women: Sex Dolls, Robot Caregivers, and More Facsimile Females • Sue Smith



FICTION REVIEWS

Review of Ode to the Half-Broken • Jeremy Brett

Review of After World • Kelsey Chen

Review of A Drop of Corruption: An Ana and Din Mystery • Amanda Firestone

Review of The Faith of Beasts • Zorica Lola Jelic



MEDIA REVIEWS

Review of Silo, season 3 • Alfredo Suppia