Category: Fantastika

Amber Hanlock reports on the Diana Wynne Jones Conference and outlines the author’s enduring appeal.

In this second essay, Kerry focuses on the most recent iteration of the Tomb Raider series, questioning its fraught engagement with the ethics and morality of its excavations.

In this two-part essay, Kerry tackles the ethics surrounding the portrayal of archaeological adventure in video games.

Madelyn Marie Schoonover discusses the controversial reception of Almanac of the Dead in this second half of a two part essay that explores the role of humour in Silko’s novel and how the role of trickster storyteller shares characteristics with the Gothic mode.

Madelyn Marie Schoonover discusses the controversial reception of Almanac of the Dead in this first half of a two part essay that explores whether such responses miss the humour of the text and in fact reflect on more ingrained cultural assumptions.

Katarina O’Dette explores the importance of subverting expectations in Fantastika texts and how successful the twists of the third season of The Good Place are.

The final part in Tania Evans’ review of the last season of Game of Thrones. The end is upon us, but who will emerge from the ashes and can the wheel be broken?

Part 5 of Tania Evans’ review of the last season of Game of Thrones. The second major battle is upon us, but who will emerge victorious and what consequences will there be.

Part 4 of Tania Evans’ review of the last season of Game of Thrones. As one war comes to closer, another lingers on the horizon.

Part 3 of Tania Evans’ review of the last season of Game of Thrones. The longest battle in film or television history is here, but what does it portend for the rest of the season? What boundaries are broken, which re-affirmed?