Toi, cyborg ? L’hybridation prothétique dans la nouvelle de science-fiction by Dominique Kunz Westerhoff

“…While science fiction has disseminated the Cyborg’s concept in an vein of epic heroism, its literary history, from Cordwainer Smith to Martin Caitlin and Frederik Pohl, shows that it challenges constantly its ideal of continuity. …”
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Molecular Mimicry, Realism, and the Collective Memory of Pandemics. Narrative Strategies of COVID-19 Fiction by Birgit Däwes

“…From Michael Crichton’s The Andromeda Strain (1969) to Jim Shepard’s Phase Six (2021), contemporary pandemic fiction relies largely on narrative strategies of continuity and the familiar, including authenticity or “reality effects” (Roland Barthes), reliable narrators, focalizers with backgrounds in medicine or science, and a structural pattern of what Priscilla Wald has termed the “outbreak narrative.” …”
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The nexus amidst Victorian and Neo-Victorian fiction: Bridging the void between past and present. by Lawrence, Tina.

“…As neo-Victorian fiction continues to evolve in the contemporary era, present day readers are invited to reflect on the Victorian age. …”
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The Literary Sweet Spot: Sex in US and UK YA Fiction from the 1960s to the 1980s by Kimberley Reynolds

“…Finally, it looks at how this context has continued to shape YA fiction that represents and writes about sex.…”
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The Ancient Roots of Children’s Fantasy Fiction: From the Odyssey to Artemis Fowl and The Laws of Magic by Caylee Tierney & Lisa Fletcher

“…Critics of fantasy fiction stress that its roots lie in ancient mythology. …”
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The Czecho-Slovak Community in the Field of Contemporary Fan Fiction. The Case of the Harry Potter Fandom by Tereza Šmídová, Marcin Filipowicz

“…The activities of the Czecho-Slovak community in the field of fan fiction cannot be summarized easily due to several reasons including the fact that the relations within the community are continuously developing and changing. …”
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The politics of quotation: Charlotte Smith’s radical fictions and their allusions to the works of Milton, Rousseau, and Voltaire by Fernandez, LE

Present Perfect. Time and the Uncanny in American Science and Horror Fiction of the 1970s (Finney, Matheson, King) by Fabio Camilletti

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Revivifying the art of storytelling : measuring the desire for infinite space and silence in Jeanette Winterson’s later fiction. by Chua, Carmen Yi Jun.

“…Focusing on her later fiction—Lighthousekeeping, Weight, The Stone Gods and Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?…”
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From Bluebeard's castle to the white world of dreams : constrictions and constructions in Angela Carter's prose fiction by Murphy, FLM

“…It focuses on the construction of the subject and her or his environment in Carter's fiction, measuring their interaction by way of generic filters, criticism, interviews and journalism.…”

SKY TRILLIUM / by May, Julian

“…"As a world crumbles, beset by devastating natural catastrophes, three royal sisters must reclaim a lost magic to rescue their shattered home world from a plague of ancient malevolence, in this continuation of the magnificent Saga of the Trillium The story that began with Black Trillium--the brainchild of Julian May, Andre Norton, and Marion Zimmer Bradley, three of fantasy fiction's greats--takes glorious flight in Sky Trillium as author May carries the magnificent saga of magic, sisterhood, and destiny to breathtaking new heights. …”

THE EVOLVED ONES : AWAKENING. by Oliver, Natasha, author 633373

Extracellular Vesicles and the Promise of Continuous Liquid Biopsies by Don Armstrong, Derek E. Wildman

“…The rapid and accurate diagnosis of patients with minimally invasive procedures was once only found in science fiction. However, the discovery of extracellular vesicles (EVs) and their near ubiquity in body fluids, coupled with the advent of inexpensive next generation sequencing techniques and EV purification protocols, promises to make science fiction a reality. …”
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Crypts, Phantoms, and Cultural Trauma: A Hauntological Approach to Recent British First World War Fiction by Anna Branach-Kallas

“…This directs our attention to the incomplete processes of First World War mourning, the persistence of endless grief and the potential continuity of unresolved trauma(s) in transgenerational memory. …”
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Poetics of the Uncanny: A Post-Phenomenological Critique of D. H. Lawrence and Somerset Maugham’s Short Fiction by Umar Shehzad

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Identity as Liminality in Post-Colonial Fiction: Nadine Gordimer.’s The Pickup and Bessie Head.’s A Question of Power by José Luis Venegas Caro de la Barrera

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‘It was the worst of times; it was the worst of times’ Popular Prophecy, Rapture Fiction, and the Imminent Apocalypse in Contemporary American Evangelism by Khalidi, A

“…<p>This thesis explores how the Rapture fiction and popular prophecy of modern American premillennial dispensationalism shapes the eschatological beliefs of its readership. …”

Black Knight / by Pike, Christopher, author 340640

What succeeds postmodern fiction? Milan Kundera’s ignorance, John Banville’s the sea, and Julian Barnes’ the sense of an ending by Cheong, Adel Xian Hui

“…This thesis begins with a consideration of the ways in which these novels continue to engage with age-old questions about the relationship of reality and fiction from a counter-realist tradition, while suggesting different possibilities for the novel.…”
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L’œil du démiurge : une poétique du regard dans la fiction de Steven Millhauser by Étienne Février

“…According to the author, "the world is there, presenting itself to us ceaselessly, and yet it remains largely invisible. […] We walk through a world continually disappearing from view. One thing fiction does is restore the hidden and vanishing world". …”
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