Sean Guynes
Biographic Data
| ID | 6095108 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sean Guynes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sean |
| FAMILY NAME | Guynes |
| SIGNATURE | GUYNES S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Finger Bone by Hiroki Takahashi (review)
Reviewed by: Finger Bone by Hiroki Takahashi Sean Guynes HIROKI TAKAHASHI Finger Bone Trans. Takami Nieda. Richmond, Virginia. Honford Star. 2023. 128 pages. THAT THE SECOND WORLD WAR—not just the atomic bombs, as kaiju movies emphasize, but the whole imperial enterprise Japan undertook in the first half of the twentieth century—still lingers in popular Japanese imagination some eight decades later, and provokes just as much ambivalence, is made …
Uneven Futures
Essays on speculative/science fiction explore the futures that feed our most cherished fantasies and terrifying nightmares, while helping diverse communities devise new survival strategies for a tough millennium. The explosion in speculative/science fiction (SF) across different media from the late twentieth century to the present has compelled those in the field of SF studies to rethink the community's identity, orientation, and stakes. In this …
The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories
Reviewed by: The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories: Volume 2 ed. James D. Jenkins and Ryan Cagle Sean Guynes The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories: Volume 2 Ed. James D. Jenkins & Ryan Cagle Richmond, Virginia. Valancourt. 2022. 328 pages. I DESCRIBED VALANCOURT founders James Jenkins and Ryan Cagle’s first volume of The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories as “a grand guignol of horrific oddities from across the world” (WLT, Winte…
Notes and Correspondence
From Afrofuturism to afrofuturism
151 BOOKS IN REVIEW often supported the status quo, reaffirming certain conservative notions of the period—a balancing act that perhaps facilitated its continued popularity with audiences. A key theme across the book is the way in which Serling was forced to walk a fine line between his creative vision and the commercial imperatives of network television, often railing against the advertisers while simultaneously being required to promote their p…
C. T. RwiziScarlet Odyssey
baby daughter, and a daughter to her own mother, whose loving care for her bereft daughter typifies the matrilineal strengths of the Sérère culture on the Senegalese coast, where a shipwreck triggered not only personal, but national, grief. Rosemary Haskell Elon University Nancy Morejón Before a Mirror, the City Trans. David Frye. Buffalo, New York. White Pine Press. 2020. 111 pages. NANCY MOREJÓN HAS LONG been synonymous with Cuban poetry (see W…
Star Wars and the History of Transmedia Storytelling
Introduction: "What Is This Strange World We've Come to?""Excuse me, master Luke, but what is this strange world we've come to?" "Beats me, 3PO.Seems like we've landed on some sort of ... comedy-variety show planet."Having just burst through a dressing room wall during the cold open of the February 29, 1980 episode of The Muppet Show, the "stars from Star Wars" maintained their in-character performances throughout this unusual episode, performing…
Fiftieth Anniversary Best Essays
Star Wars and the History of Transmedia Storytelling
Star Wars has reached more than three generations of casual and hardcore fans alike, and as a result many of the producers of franchised Star Wars texts (films, television, comics, novels, games, and more) over the past four decades have been fans-turned-creators. Yet despite its dominant cultural and industrial positions, Star Wars has rarely been the topic of sustained critical work. Star Wars and the History of Transmedia Storytelling offers a…
Star Wars and the History of Transmedia Storytelling
Star Wars has reached more than three generations of casual and hardcore fans alike, and as a result many of the producers of franchised Star Wars texts (films, television, comics, novels, games, and more) over the past four decades have been fans-turned-creators. Yet despite its dominant cultural and industrial positions, Star Wars has rarely been the topic of sustained critical work. Star Wars and the History of Transmedia Storytelling offers a…
Fiftieth Anniversary Best Essays
Star Wars and the History of Transmedia Storytelling
Star Wars has reached more than three generations of casual and hardcore fans alike, and as a result many of the producers of franchised Star Wars texts (films, television, comics, novels, games, and more) over the past four decades have been fans-turned-creators. Yet despite its dominant cultural and industrial positions, Star Wars has rarely been the topic of sustained critical work. Star Wars and the History of Transmedia Storytelling offers a…
Star Wars and the History of Transmedia Storytelling
Introduction: "What Is This Strange World We've Come to?""Excuse me, master Luke, but what is this strange world we've come to?" "Beats me, 3PO.Seems like we've landed on some sort of ... comedy-variety show planet."Having just burst through a dressing room wall during the cold open of the February 29, 1980 episode of The Muppet Show, the "stars from Star Wars" maintained their in-character performances throughout this unusual episode, performing…
C. T. RwiziScarlet Odyssey
baby daughter, and a daughter to her own mother, whose loving care for her bereft daughter typifies the matrilineal strengths of the Sérère culture on the Senegalese coast, where a shipwreck triggered not only personal, but national, grief. Rosemary Haskell Elon University Nancy Morejón Before a Mirror, the City Trans. David Frye. Buffalo, New York. White Pine Press. 2020. 111 pages. NANCY MOREJÓN HAS LONG been synonymous with Cuban poetry (see W…
From Afrofuturism to afrofuturism
151 BOOKS IN REVIEW often supported the status quo, reaffirming certain conservative notions of the period—a balancing act that perhaps facilitated its continued popularity with audiences. A key theme across the book is the way in which Serling was forced to walk a fine line between his creative vision and the commercial imperatives of network television, often railing against the advertisers while simultaneously being required to promote their p…
Uneven Futures
Essays on speculative/science fiction explore the futures that feed our most cherished fantasies and terrifying nightmares, while helping diverse communities devise new survival strategies for a tough millennium. The explosion in speculative/science fiction (SF) across different media from the late twentieth century to the present has compelled those in the field of SF studies to rethink the community's identity, orientation, and stakes. In this …
The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories
Reviewed by: The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories: Volume 2 ed. James D. Jenkins and Ryan Cagle Sean Guynes The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories: Volume 2 Ed. James D. Jenkins & Ryan Cagle Richmond, Virginia. Valancourt. 2022. 328 pages. I DESCRIBED VALANCOURT founders James Jenkins and Ryan Cagle’s first volume of The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories as “a grand guignol of horrific oddities from across the world” (WLT, Winte…
Notes and Correspondence
Finger Bone by Hiroki Takahashi (review)
Reviewed by: Finger Bone by Hiroki Takahashi Sean Guynes HIROKI TAKAHASHI Finger Bone Trans. Takami Nieda. Richmond, Virginia. Honford Star. 2023. 128 pages. THAT THE SECOND WORLD WAR—not just the atomic bombs, as kaiju movies emphasize, but the whole imperial enterprise Japan undertook in the first half of the twentieth century—still lingers in popular Japanese imagination some eight decades later, and provokes just as much ambivalence, is made …
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