Information about the series "Critical Explorations in Science
Fiction and Fantasy" can be found here. Updates will be posted
regularly.
Current Volumes in the Series
1. Worlds Apart? Dualism and Transgression in Contemporary Female Dystopias
2. Tolkien and Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes and Language
3. Culture, Identities and Technology in the Star Wars Films: Essays on the Two Trilogies
4. The Influence of Star Trek on Television, Film and Culture
5. Hugo Gernsback and the Century of Science Fiction
6. One Earth, One People: Mythopoeic Fantasy Series of Le Guin, Alexander, L’Engle, Card
7. The Evolution of Tolkien’s Mythology: A Study of the History of Middle-earth
8. H. Beam Piper: A Biography
9. Dreams and Nightmares: Science and Technology in Myth and Fiction
10. Lilith in a New Light: Essays on the George MacDonald Fantasy Novel
11. Feminist Narrative and the Supernatural: Function of Fantastic Devices in Seven Novels
12. Science of Fiction and Fiction of Science: SF Storytelling and Gnostic Imagination
13. Kim Stanley Robinson Maps the Unimaginable: Critical Essays
14. Intergalactic Playground: Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction
15. Science Fiction from Québec: A Postcolonial Study
16. Science Fiction and the Two Cultures: Bridging the Gap Between Sciences and Humanities
17. Stephen R. Donaldson and Modern Epic Vision: Chronicles of Thomas Covenant Novels
18. Ursula K. Le Guin’s Journey to Post-Feminisms
19. Portals of Power: Magical Agency and Transformation in Literary Fantasy
20. Animal Fable in Science Fiction and Fantasy
21. Illuminating Torchwood: Narrative, Character and Sexuality in the BBC Series
22. Comics as Nexus of Cultures: Interplay of Media, Disciplines and International Perspectives
23. Anatomy of Utopia: Narration, Estrangement and Ambiguity in More, Wells, Huxley, Clarke
24. The Anticipation Novelists of 1950s French Science Fiction: Stepchildren of Voltaire
25. The Twilight Mystique: Critical Essays on the Novels and Films
26. The Mythic Fantasy of Robert Holdstock: Critical Essays on the Fiction
27. Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future: Essays on Foresight and Fallacy
28. Apocalypse in Australian Fiction and Film: A Critical Study
29. British Science Fiction Film and Television: Critical Essays
30. Cult Telefantasy Series: Cult Telefantasy Series: A Critical Analysis of The Prisoner, Twin Peaks, The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lost, Heroes, Doctor Who and Star Trek
31. The Postnational Fantasy: Postcolonialism, Cosmopolitics and Science Fiction
32. Heinlein’s Juvenile Novels: A Cultural Dictionary
33. Welsh Mythology and Folklore in Popular Culture: Essays on Adaptations in Literature, Film, Television and Digital Media
Submitting Proposals for the Series
McFarland seeks proposals for book-length scholarly works to be published as part of its
Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy series, a succession of books devoted
to scholarship in science fiction and fantasy in all media edited by Donald Palumbo and C. W.
Sullivan III. While most books in the series will be scholarly monographs or edited collections
of essays on a unified topic, the series editors also invite proposals for unprecedented
reprint volumes of neglected works, with scholarly commentary, and for unprecedented critical
biographies of significant writers, artists, and creators.
Proposals for studies in science fiction and fantasy are invited in such areas as literature,
film, art, popular culture, mythology, and folklore, to name just a few. Proposals should
include a prospectus (a general description of the project that focuses on its uniqueness
and intended audience, and includes a thorough description of its thesis and mention of the
works discussed), a draft table of contents or detailed outline, a one-paragraph description
of each chapter that focuses more specifically on its thesis and works covered, a draft of
the preface or introduction and at least one sample chapter, a length estimate (75,000-word
to 110,000-word projects are preferred), comments on special elements (such as artwork or
photos), a proposed deadline for delivery of the completed manuscript, and a resume or
curriculum vitae.
Please send proposals that deal primarily with science fiction in any media or with
fantastic films, artwork, or other cultural artifacts (such as games or comic books) to:
Donald Palumbo
English Department
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858
donaldpalumbo@earthlink.net
Please send proposals dealing primarily with fantasy literature, mythology, or folklore to:
C. W. Sullivan III
English Department
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858
sullivanc@mail.ecu.edu
For general guidelines for prospective authors, please refer to McFarland's
author resources. For questions not covered there, please contact Susan Kilby.
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