Literary Criticism Book Reviews

2017:


Non-canonical SF author: “The Culture Series of Iain M. Banks - A Critical Introduction” by Simone Caroti

Fictionalizing Philosopher: “Philip K. Dick and Philosophy - Do Androids Have Kindred Spirits” by Dylan E. Wittkower

Eye-Opening SF: "Saving the World Through Science Fiction - James Gunn, Writer, Teacher and Scholar” by Michael R. Page

Complex Patterning: "Alfred Bester" by Jad Smith

Anything Goes: "The Cambridge Introduction to Postmodern Fiction" by Bran Nicol

Cultural Chicken Soup for the Soul:"An Experiment in Criticism" by C. S. Lewis

A Strangely Claustrophobic Experience: “How Proust Can Change Your Life” by Alain de Botton


2015:

Calvinistic Heinlein (NOT!): "The Classical Years of Robert A. Heinlein" by George Edgar Slusser

2014:



Intertextuality in SF: "What Makes This Book So Great" by Jo Walton
"Robert A. Heinlein, Volume 2: In Dialogue with His Century: 1948-1988: The Man Who Learned Better" by William H. Patterson Jr.
"Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century: Volume 1 (1907-1948): Learning Curve" by William H. Patterson Jr.
"Greg Egan" by Karen Burnham
Proust Comes to the Rescue: "Why Read?" by Mark Edmundson