Modernism and Science Fiction

Paul March-Russell teaches Comparative Literature at the University of Kent in Canterbury, UK. He is Editor of Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction and Commissioning Editor for SF Storyworlds. His previous publications include The Short Story: An Introduction (2009).

• Contents 1. Scientific Romance in the Context of Modernism 2. Utopia in the Time of Apocalypse 3. Pulp Modernism: Genre SF 4. New Worlds and the Many Deaths of Modernism

“March-Russell in four chapters covers a century of science fiction, twice the number of years identified as Modernist. … it certainly makes a strong case for at least some excerpts to make their way into class discussion.” (Michelle K. Yost, SFRA Review, Issue 315, 2015)