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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

REMINDER: Today (June 30) is the last day to submit your manuscripts to Fafnir for the 2/2026 issue!

Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

In "Attuned to Loss," Radvilė Musteikytė uses James Phelan’s rhetorical narrative theory to examine how Richard Powers and Emmi Itäranta's novels evoke solastalgia and attune readers to environmental loss. Read for free here: fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Essi Varis reviews Merja Polvinen’s Self-Reflective Fiction and 4E Cognition, which demonstrates how SF narratives constitute “cognitive environments” for fostering layered effects of self-reflection, potentially leading to entirely new ways of thinking. fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

📣 Fafnir – Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research invites authors to submit papers for issue 2/2026. 📣 Deadline: 30.06.2026 Submissions should be made through the online portal: fafnir.journal.fi/about/submis...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Cristina Arbués Caballé reviews Jaime Harrison’s Digital Culture in Contemporary Fiction, which investigates representations of algorithms in works by Joshua Cohen, Nicola Barker, Neal Stephenson & a Grasshopper Manufacture visual novel. @livunipress.bsky.social fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Miranda Miller reviews Julie Wosk’s Artificial Women: Sex Dolls, Robot Caregivers, and More Facsimile Females, which examines the representation of artificial women across media, highlighting the relationships between sexuality, gender, technology, and simulation. fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Jayden King reviews Matthew Oliver's Magic Words, Magic Worlds: Form and Style in Epic Fantasy, which close reads selected novels by Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, and N. K. Jemisin to explore language and style in epic fantasy. fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Anna Juhi John reviews Urvashi Kuhad’s Science Fiction and Indian Women Writers: Exploring Radical Potentials, which examines the works of Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Manjula Padmanabhan, Priya Sarukkai Chabria and Vandana Singh. @routledgebooks.bsky.social fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Andrea Valeiras @aryaflintstark.bsky.social reviews The Songs of the Spheres: Lewis, Tolkien, & the Overlapping Realms of their Imagination (eds. Łukasz Neubauer & Guglielmo Spirito), which compares The Chronicles of Narnia and Tolkien’s subcreative works. fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Natalie Hopwood @nrhopwood.bsky.social reviews Germanic Heroes, Courage, and Fate: Northern Narratives of Tolkien's Legendarium by Richard Z. Gallant @richardzgallant.bsky.social, which offers a new perspective on the theory of Northern Courage & the heroic. fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Jeremy Brett @jbarchivist.bsky.social reviews Science Fiction and the Historical Novel: Days of Future Pasts (eds. Ian P. MacDonald and Kate Polak) which explores the intersections between the historical and the speculative. @livunipress.bsky.social fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

In “Game of Thrones as a Work of Fantasy Fiction in the Storytelling Environment of the Internet,” Markus Laukkanen @paratexts.bsky.social examines the interactive media culture around the series as an intriguing challenge for speculative fiction research. fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

In “Undringslitteratur: Understanding New Norwegian Speculative Fictions,” Marta Tveit describes a form of speculative storytelling marked by Anthropocene poetics of scale, attention to everyday life & spirituality, and distinct Norwegian elements. Read here: fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

In "Climate Models as a Retroactive and Exploratory World-building Tool," John Cook et al examine the fantasy worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien, George R.R. Martin & Robert Jordan, as well as one built by Cook, as speculative climate models on a global scale. Read here: fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

In "The Search for the Perfect Era: Speculative Fiction and Eutopian Imagination," @israelnoletto.bsky.social examines eutopia in contemporary SF, drawing attention to solarpunk & hopepunk whilst looking back to the influences of “Golden Age” SF. Read it here: fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

🎉✨NEW ISSUE OUT!! 🎉✨ Fafnir's latest issue features a prefatory by Israel A. C. Noletto on SF and Eutopian Imagination, two essays on Norwegian SF & climate modeling as a worldbuilding tool, a lectio praecursoria and seven book reviews! 🐉 Read the full issue for free here: fafnir.journal.fi

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

In “The Cultural Work of Fantasy in the Anthropocene" Marek Oziewicz celebrates the potential of fantasy to provide new models & patterns of thinking to counter the ecocidal status quo and underlines the genre's importance in educating citizens. Read for free here: fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Noah Slowik reviews Ross Clare’s Ancient Greece and Rome in Modern Science Fiction: Amazing Antiquity @livunipress.bsky.social, which examines the legacy of classical thought in popular culture by analyzing the use of stories & figures from antiquity in modern SF. fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

🎉✨ NEW ISSUE OUT!! 🎉✨ ☀️ Fafnir's issue 1/2025 welcomes midsummer with a blazing selection of cutting-edge speculative fiction research, essays, book reviews, and a prefatory by Marek Oziewicz. Check out the full issue for free here!: fafnir.journal.fi Happy reading!

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Michael Pitts reviews Stephen C. Tobin’s (@kiptobin.bsky.social) Vision, Technology, and Subjectivity in Mexican Cyberpunk Literature, which illuminates the centrality and significance of the screen in 1990s–2010s Mexican cyberpunk and post-cyberpunk fiction. fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

C. Palmer-Patel reviews Gendered Defenders: Marvel’s Heroines in Transmedia Spaces (eds. Bryan J. Carr & Meta G. Carstarphen) @ohiostatepress.bsky.social, a volume exploring the publication histories, character arcs & media battles of Marvel’s famous female heroes. fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Aino-Kaisa Koistinen reviews Pablo Gómez's Science Fiction Cinema in the 21st Century: Transnational Futures, Cosmopolitan Concerns @routledgebooks.bsky.social, which offers a timely analysis of sf cinema's significance for interrogating transnational concerns. fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Carol Franko reviews Tolkien, Enchantment, and Loss: Steps on the Developmental Journey, which points to a coupling of enchantment and loss that shapes Tolkien’s art. @ksupress.bsky.social Read it for free here: fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Sabina Fazli reviews Mike Ashley’s The Rise of the Cyberzines: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1991 to 2020 @livunipress.bsky.social, an encyclopedic history of science fiction periodicals. Read it for free here: fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Ananya Buragohain and Lakshminath Kagyung review The Evolution of African Fantasy and Science Fiction @lunapress.bsky.social , ed. by Francesca T. Barbini - a collection of five essays tracing the emergence and development of African SFF. Read it here: fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Jeremy Brett @jbarchivist.bsky.social reviews Uneven Futures: Strategies for Community Survival from Speculative Fiction @mitpress.bsky.social, which highlights the imaginative power of speculative fiction to reshape how we relate to the world. Read for free here: fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Karl Bell @karlbell.bsky.social reviews Space(s) of the Fantastic – A 21st Century Manifesto, edited by David Punter & C. Bruna Mancini, which examines the various ways in which literary geography can be used to interpret fantastic literature. Read for free here: fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

In her mixed-media conference report, Fafnir’s former Editor-in-Chief, Essi Varis, relays the highlights of SFRA 2024. Varis weaves her observations from the opening speech, keynotes, panels, and a multimedia performance into a tapestry of insights on imagination. fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

In this lectio praecursoria, Esko Suoranta examines how a technonaturalist mode of speculative fiction affords insight into the complex realities of contemporary capitalism. Read for free here: fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Evgenia Amey and Garrett “Wereyoi” Moore's "Interview with Nicolas Lietzau" explores environmental worldbuilding in video games and novels and dives into the imaginative process from the perspective of a multimedia creator. fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Since Fafnir has moved to fafnir.journal.fi, we now accept submissions only through the online portal. Our old email address is now defunct. For general inquiries, you may contact us via our new email address: editorsinchief[at]finfar[dot]org

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

In his essay, Jyrki Korpua draws thought-provoking connections between the storytelling practices of Tolkien and Barks, two authors beloved by Finnish audiences. Korpua presented this essay as his Guest of Honour speech, which capped Finncon 2024’s academic track. fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

📣 CfP: Fafnir invites authors to submit papers for issue 2/2025! Research into any aspect of science fiction, fantasy, and other speculative genres is welcome. Deadline: 30 June 2025 Submissions should be made through the online portal: fafnir.journal.fi/about/submis... #sciencefiction #SFF

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

✨ Throwback to the prefatory of Issue 1/2023 in which Joy Sanchez-Taylor @jsanchez-taylor.bsky.social demonstrates how racial and/or ethnic self-consciousness adds layers of estrangement to non-Eurocentric works of speculative fiction. Read here: journal.finfar.org/articles/wha...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

In “Ice and Ecotrauma in Isaac Asimov’s ‘The Martian Way,’” Faeze Rezaii mobilizes the concept of “ecotrauma,” which she defines as the entangled suffering of the environment and humans, to argue for the ethical mattering of inorganic matter, such as water. fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

In “SF Estrangement in Literary Translation: Translation of Neologies in the Finnish Version of Dune,” Suvi Korpi demonstrates how translation strategies help preserve the estrangement that invented words may induce in translated works of sf. Read for free here: fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

In "Ant Similes in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings–an Analysis of Literary Technologies," Juha-Pekka Alarauhio examines Tolkien's innovative use of epic simile & repurposing of traditional storytelling devices. Read the article for free here: fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

✨ Throwback to the prefatory of Issue 2/2023 by Paweł Frelik @nomad93.bsky.social, which asks us to consider the sheer breadth of science fictional works, well beyond the Western traditions and longer narrative forms. Read it for free here: journal.finfar.org/articles/lar...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

In the prefatory to our latest issue, Susan Mandala follows the threads of speculative fiction woven through her life and reflects on how a genre of imagination nevertheless deeply entwines with the reality we inhabit. ⬇️ fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

📢 Fafnir's new issue (1-2/2024) is here to kick off the year with an exciting collection of content!! You can access it for free here: fafnir.journal.fi/issue/view/1... Here’s to a year filled with inspiring reads! Happy New Year and happy reading from all of us at Fafnir!

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

📣 Call for Reviews: Non-Fiction Books 📣 If a book interests you, contact our reviews editor, Jari Käkelä, via email: reviews[at]finfar.org. If you haven’t worked with Jari before, please include a brief introduction of your qualifications and explain why you’d like to review the book.

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AVAILABLE BOOKS FOR REVIEW FAFNIR: NORDIC JOURNAL OF SF&F RESEARCH *NOTE: Click here for our reviewer guidelines as well as our style sheet. If you’d like to review a book, just e-mail me (Jari Käkel...

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Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research @fafnirjournal.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

As we are working on bringing our exciting next issue to you in January 2025, we invite you to explore our archive. You can read all of our issues published since 2014 on our website for free! 🐉 journal.finfar.org/journal/arch...

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