Alternative title: Extrapolation
Issue Details: First known date: 1959... 1959 Extrapolation : A Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Extrapolation was founded in 1959 by Thomas D. Clareson and was the first journal to publish academic work on science fiction and fantasy. It continues to be a leading, peer-reviewed, international journal in that specialized genre in the literature of popular culture.

'It welcomes papers on all areas of speculative fiction and culture, including print, film, television, comic books and video games, and particularly encourages papers which consider popular texts within their larger cultural context.

'The journal publishes a wide variety of critical approaches including but not limited to literary criticism, utopian studies, genre criticism, feminist theory, critical race studies, queer theory, and postcolonial theory. Extrapolation promotes innovative work which considers the place of speculative texts in contemporary culture. It is interested in promoting dialogue among scholars working within a number of traditions and in encouraging the serious study of popular culture.' (Publication abstract)

Notes

  • First published at the College of Wooster, Ohio. In 1979 it moved to the Kent State University Press. In 2002 the journal was transferred to the University of Texas at Brownsville. It is currently published by Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

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First known date: 1959

PeriodicalNewspaper Details

ISSN: 0014-5483
ISSN: 2047-7708
Frequency:
3 issues per year
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