Reposted by Timothy S. MillerDevin Garofalo @devingarofalo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026It (nearly) lives! Forthcoming from OUP in November or December! My first reaction, for once, was glee — though the terror of writing a book is that it’s never finished. Eek! Woohoo! Wild to have proofs in hand!!!! 1617334
Reposted by Timothy S. MillerOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 06/07/2026New preprint! So honoured to have worked with Ishani Ray on providing vital critique on "AI literacy" & correctives for those interested in understanding why "just use the newest version of an LLM" is nonsense Contra Literacy-Laundering: Mechanistic Critical AI Literacy doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 1/ 1122591
Reposted by Timothy S. MillerScience Fiction Foundation @sffoundation.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Worried you missed the deadline for our Clarke Award conference in December? Fear not - our partners at the University of Liverpool have extended the deadline to 17 August. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/04/...call-for-papers.sas.upenn.educfp | call for papers 064
Reposted by Timothy S. MillerGerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Upcoming publication! TEACHING SCIENCE FICTION from MLA Press. www.mla.org/Publications... 0297
Reposted by Timothy S. MillerLos Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 16/06/2026"Why call this cozy mode of spec fic anything to do with 'weird' at all?" Megan Milks and Amber Dawn respond to the "New Qweird": lareviewofbooks.org/article/letter-…lareviewofbooks.orgLetter to the Editor in Response to the ‘New Qweird’ | Los Angeles Review of BooksThe editors of the anthology ‘New Queer Weird’ provide a critique of the other label, recently outlined by LARB contributors. 031
Reposted by Timothy S. MillerA Damned Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 11/06/2026My mother, the inimitable Jane Yolen passed away this morning after a blessingly short fight with Alzheimer’s. She did not suffer, and went peacefully into the ether which, I am certain for her, will be filled with words of the most exquisite beauty and meaning. 3183322470
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Oh, and "Grendel's Mother" here: wipfandstock.com/978160899991...wipfandstock.comThe Year’s Work in Medievalism, 2010- Wipf and Stock PublishersThe Year's Work in Medievalism, volume XXV, is based upon but not restricted to the 2010 proceedings of the annual International Conference on Medievalism, o... 130
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Here I reference "Cubs in Five" in the context of both allusions to Chaucer and medieval impossibilia/adynaton: www.jstor.org/stable/10.53...jstor.org Flying Chaucers, Insectile Ecclesiasts, and Pilgrims Through Space and Time: on JSTOR T. S. Miller, Flying Chaucers, Insectile Ecclesiasts, and Pilgrims Through Space and Time:, The Chaucer Review, Vol. 48, No. 2 (2013), pp. 129-165 150
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 04/06/2026He did so much to promote a lot of really amazing work. It's a real shame that seeing those introductions, blurbs, and other endorsements now brings such queasy feelings to that same amazing work. 080
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 16/05/2026You come across the most interesting texts when you're researching monster plants: www.sharjahart.org/en/resources...sharjahart.org The fast-growing stinking escaped waste-loving wall-breaching self-cloning other-than-natural no-man’s tree | Sharjah Art Foundation 010
Reposted by Timothy S. MillerLocus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 01/05/20262026 International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts locusmag.com/feature... 041
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Advising that my graduate students avoid writing long discursive footnotes, and then going home and writing long, long discursive footnotes... 030
Reposted by Timothy S. MillerLos Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 21/04/2026"Swann’s fantasies spoke to the feminist, gay-rights, and environmental movements. His intense focus on 'civilization' processed the growing sense of cultural malaise." Sean Guynes on Thomas Burnett Swann: lareviewofbooks.org/article/thomas-…lareviewofbooks.orgThe Bittersweet Temporality of Love | Los Angeles Review of BooksOn the 50th anniversary of his death, it’s a perfect time to unearth the forgotten fantasies of Thomas Burnett Swann. 01310
Reposted by Timothy S. MillerNicola Griffith SHE IS HERE out now! @nicolaz.bsky.social · 17/04/2026This novel is the sum and summit of who Vonda was and what her work was about: all of us, imperfect, and doing our best. It’s an alt-history that feels like the beginning of the world. A world we could still have, if we’re lucky. 47131
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 29/03/2026@mariadahvana.bsky.social I just published an essay co-authored with one of my students, Teddy Valentine, on your Beowulf, titled "'War-wedded to a woe-bringer': Gender Performance and Queer Sexuality in Maria Dahvana Headley’s Translation of Beowulf": boydellandbrewer.com/book/studies...boydellandbrewer.comStudies in Medievalism XXXVEssays exploring the intersections of politics and theory through medievalism in film, literature, gaming, and political movements. 120
Reposted by Timothy S. MillerGerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 26/03/2026In the mail today: my editors' copies of Dan Hassler-Forest's FAST AND FURIOUS FRANCHISING! www.amazon.com/Fast-Furious... 253
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Beginning to see the word "aura" an awful lot in student writing this semester... 000
Reposted by Timothy S. MillerNicola Griffith SHE IS HERE out now! @nicolaz.bsky.social · 12/03/2026How did I miss this?! "Mother-Quest: Maternal Remembrance and the Holy Grail in Chrétien de Troyes and Nicola Griffith," Brian J. Sheerin (ARTHURIANA 35,2): "...several key priorities of Chrétien are recovered by this modern retelling..." How cool! #medievalsky muse.jhu.edu/article/965242 0222
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Good thing the show has absolutely no bearing on anyone or anything's pronouns. 000
Reposted by Timothy S. MillerKelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 27/02/2026I continue to be fascinated by the phenomenon whereby an expert engages with any of the LLMs on their field of expertise and is instantly horrified by the wrong answers, and then goes on to use it for things they are not experts in as though it won’t be just as bad for those. 503136916
Reposted by Timothy S. MillerNicola Griffith SHE IS HERE out now! @nicolaz.bsky.social · 21/02/2026So, wow, nearly 13 years after publication HILD is finally reviewed in @nytimes.com. Thank you, Sadie Stein! (It seems to be one of those days 🤩) 4624
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Newly released: the latest critical companion in our series "Palgrave Science Fiction and Fantasy: A New Canon," this time Graham J. Murphy on Marvel's Squadron Supreme: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...link.springer.comMarvel's Squadron SupremeThis book closely reads Mark Gruenwald's Squadron Supreme for its complicated, but ultimately productive engagement with the social dreaming of utopianism. 010
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Why are we restructuring the entire world around this technology, again? 000
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 21/01/2026I missed that the latest book in the series of critical companions I edit for Palgrave has already reached print, Joseph Rex Young on George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... . Feel free to pitch us on a potential project if you'd like to write one of your own!link.springer.comGeorge R. R. Martin's A Game of ThronesThis book offers insightful analysis of A Game of Thrones, enhancing your understanding of its narrative tension and worldbuilding techniques. 032
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Really interesting stuff: I have an MA thesis student writing on Muir, and this will be helpful. 010
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Favorite finding doing the research: a short-lived gay bar from the 80s named "The Last Unicorn." 020
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 13/01/2026I'm really thrilled to share an article that I co-wrote with one of my students, Arwen Paredes: "The First Queer Unicorn?: Reading Peter S. Beagle’s The Last Unicorn as Trans Narrative." www.mdpi.com/2410-9789/6/...mdpi.com 131
Reposted by Timothy S. MillerD. Harlan Wilson @dharlanwilson.bsky.social · 12/01/2026EXTRAPOLATION seeks a reviewer for Mayurika Chakravorty’s FANTASY AND THE POLITICS OF SUBVERSION: SPECULATIVE WRITING IN COLONIAL INDIA. Please send queries to david.wilson@wright.edu. www.bloomsbury.com/us/fantasy-a... @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social (2026) 084
Reposted by Timothy S. Millersean guynes @guynes.bsky.social · 19/12/2025A bio of Charles R. Saunders, an important but sadly too often forgotten Black writer of sword and sorcery fantasy (which he called sword and soul), early critic of racism in fantasy, and journalist is coming out in January. The author, Jon Tattrie, will be on @mealofthorns.bsky.social, too!blackgate.comThe Bio of a Fantasy Giant: To Leave a Warrior Behind: The Life and Stories of Charles R. Saunders, the Man Who Rewrote Fantasy, by Jon Tattrie – Black Gate 02210
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 16/12/2025When we asked ChatGPT to grade it ourselves in the same way, and then repeat the grading a second time, it produced two different scores, and invented new issues not in the actual writing it was claiming to be analyzing and evaluating. 010
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 16/12/2025So delighted to learn that my middle schooler's English teacher has started using ChatGPT to grade writing assignments. She received a near failing grade based in part on a diagnosis of specific grammatical errors that were not in fact in the assignment. 120
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Here's a new one from graduate school recommendation systems: rating the "Clarity of career goals" of the applicant, and on a percentile basis. How do you distinguish applicants of the top 2% versus top 5% career goal clarity? 010
Reposted by Timothy S. MillerDr Rebecca Williams @augustaquarius.bsky.social · 09/12/2025New issue of Science Fiction Film and Television ⬇️⬇️⬇️ liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/sfftv/18/3liverpooluniversitypress.co.ukContents | Science Fiction Film & Television 18, 3In her book The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games (2019), Ebony Elizabeth Thomas explains that privileging marginalized characters in her examination of the fantastic illustrates how “race and the imagination ... 077
Reposted by Timothy S. MillerScience Fiction Foundation @sffoundation.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Quick reminder that, not only is Christmas around the corner, the deadline for this year's Peter Nicholls Essay Prize is only six weeks away - 11 January. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/06/...call-for-papers.sas.upenn.educfp | call for papers 022
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Surreal experience: a quarter century or so after I'd always be asking my parents to buy me more Magic: The Gathering cards all the time, here I am saying "No, I'm not buying you more Magic: The Gathering cards" to my own twelve-year-old... 010
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Somehow back down in the unicorn hole once again 000
Reposted by Timothy S. MillerScience Fiction Foundation @sffoundation.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Proud to be sponsoring this event next summer. 1189
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 20/11/2025The Earthsea one oddly costs more in print than it did upon publication, but the ebook price has dropped in the same way: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...link.springer.comUrsula K. Le Guin’sThis introduction to Ursula K. LeGuin's 021
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 20/11/2025I have no idea what governs the price changes for my books even though I now co-edit the series they're published in, but for whatever reason the Beagle book is sitting at a much more affordable price at the moment: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...link.springer.comPeter S. Beagle's “The Last Unicorn”This book assesses the work of one of the foundational figures of American fantasy, Peter S. Beagle through its focused analysis of The Last Unicorn. 132
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Those Starmont volumes are often really great sources, but, yes, can be incredibly rare. I can usually find them held by one library or another when I use Interlibrary Loan, but often the number of libraries is in the single digits. 100
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Very disturbing to see that Grammarly itself now offers an "AI Humanizer" as one of its core services. Our university provides Grammarly subscriptions to students... 011
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 05/10/2025"Anyone with perfect posture was faking it, overcompensating for entrenched trauma." 000
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 29/09/2025There was a time when JSTOR even sold merch: hats, mugs, and whatever else. 000
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Did kids these days still know about CliffsNotes? When I say "It's like the Cliffsnotes version of X," should I be saying something like "It's like the AI summary version of X"? 000
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 15/09/2025This is such a huge problem: I'm googling a quotation to find a page number, and the AI overview confidently produces total nonsense that would mislead students and others. (This is of course a quotation from noted Jung distiller China Miéville speaking to the subject of "Marxism and Fantasy.") 020
Timothy S. Miller @timothysmiller.bsky.social · 02/09/2025It was possibly a mistake to assign the entire Tales of Nevèrÿon, because now I just want to spend the entire semester talking about the series. 110