Eighteen essays plus four examples from the ninth annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on
Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature at the University of California, Riverside. The concept …

First in-depth study of the use of landscape in fantasy literature Winner of the Mythopoeic
Scholarship Award for Myth and Fantasy Studies (2016) Fantasy worlds are never mere …

In an exploration of second-generation cognitive approaches to fictional minds, this essay
describes the ways in which BS Johnson's novel House Mother Normal (1971) experiments …

This article examines William Gibson's concept of cyberspace, as it is elaborated in his novel
Neuromancer, in the context of his Mervyn Kihn stories," The Gernsback Continuum" and" …

We often think of the mind as an inner world. Once, this inner world might have been a spirit
or soul-a" ghost in the machine", in Gilbert Ryle's memorable phrase. Nowadays, we are told …

(1) She arrives at 7: 40, ten minutes late, but the children, Jimmy and Bitsy, are still eating
supper, and their parents are not ready to go yet. Front other rooms come the sounds of a …

In this essay, I focus on the portrayal of physical brains in contemporary fiction, with a
particular focus on three novels: Siri Hustvedt's The Sorrows of an American, Ian McEwan's …

Fictional Minds suggests that readers understand novels primarily by following the
functioning of the minds of characters in the novel storyworlds. Despite the importance of this …

These 17 essays from the seventh annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference examine the
relationship between fantasy and science fiction. They propose that fantasy and science …

From wondrous fairy-lands to nightmarish hellscapes, the elements that make fantasy worlds
come alive also invite their exploration. This first book-length study of critically acclaimed …