Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature | Essays and Criticism

  • The Similarities and Differences Among Science Fiction and Fantasy Works

    Poquette has a bachelor’s degree in English and specializes in writing about literature. In the following essay, Poquette explores the similarities and differences among Science Fiction and Fantasy works, by examining three aspects of Wells’s The Time Machine and Tolkien’s The Hobbit.

  • Gender

    In the following essay, Roberts explores feminist Science Fiction and the “images of women in science fiction.”

  • Science Fiction: Metaphor, Myth or Prophecy

    In the following essay, Parrinder examines scientific theories and metaphors used by authors of Science Fiction.