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Category Archives: Science Fiction
Pat Grant’s “Blue” – A Reading Diary
by Jo Hoffs Pat Grant’s Blue is a graphic novel about surfing, about community, about migration and conservatism. First and foremost, it is a story about xenophobia, and about a blue alien race migrating to the fictional town of Bolton. … Continue reading
Posted in Migration in Visual Narratives, Science Fiction
Tagged Aliens, Blue, Immigration, Pat Grant, Speculative Australia
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The Mysterious Success of Australian Sci-Fi Kids Shows
Growing up watching Australian TV shows and movies, we – that is, my generation and before, who were watching a surprising amount of Australian content – unintentionally developed a picture of Australia. A lot of water, beaches and the sea, … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Fantasy, Australian kids tv shows, Australian Science Fiction, Australian Speculative Fiction, Australian tv shows, H2O: Just Add Water, Ocean Girl, Speculative Australia, The Elephant Princess, Wicked Science
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The Genres of Speculative Fiction – An Overview
by Nadja Marek, Renee Czyganowski, Danny Tran, and Ann-Sophie Ludwig Speculative fiction is an umbrella term that contains many different genres. Generally speaking, it deals with topics such as nature (or the supernatural) and alternate realities, either in the past … Continue reading