The Surrealistic Science Fiction of Serge Brussolo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11059134 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roger Bozzetto, Arthur B Evans |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | Part 3 |
| Pages | 430-440 |
| Publication date | 1997-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Fiction Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-7729 • E-ISSN: 2327-6207 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/sfs.24.3.0430 |
| OpenAlex | W2254881178 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The sf works of French author Serge Brussolo have been, since the early 1980s, hugely popular in France. Although still untranslated into English, Brussolo’s 50+ sf novels and anthologies present a unique approach to the genre. By infusing into classical sf topoi wildly hallucinatory imagery and dreamscape encounters of all sorts, Brussolo offers the reader an alternative experience to the traditional sf novum. Much like J.G. Ballard, Brussolo uses the protocols of sf as an effective jumping-off-point for a sometimes Kafkaesque exploration of the human subconscious. Recalling the “convulsive beauty” esthetics of André Breton, Brussolo’s works exemplify the palpable link between surrealism and science fiction—a kinship which remains largely unexplored in modern sf scholarship
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |