Dr Sylvia Kelso ~ Adjunct Lecturer

Research Disciplines

• Literary studies (4705)
• Creative and professional writing (3602)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Arts (1301)
• Communication (1302)

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Journal Articles

• Kelso S (2010) The Cretaceous border: writing non-realist fiction in North Queensland. Etropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 9.
• Kelso S (2010) Out Of Egypt: histories of speculative fiction and Carole Mcdonnell's "Wind Follower". Extrapolation, 51 (1). pp. 82-98
• Kelso S (2008) Boldly to re-venture: new writing on the works of Ursula K. Le Guin. Paradoxa: studies in world literary genres, 21. pp. 7-22
• Kelso S (2008) The God in the Pentagram: religion and spirituality in modern Fantasy. Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, 18 (1). pp. 61-82
• Kelso S (2006) Evolutions of the fantasy hero in Peter Jackson's 'Lord of the Rings and Lois McMaster Bujold's 'The Curse of Chalion'. Paradoxa: studies in world literary genres, 20. pp. 247-262
• Kelso S (2004) Geeks and battlers: intersections of generic specificity and national narrative in writing Australian science fiction. Etropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 3 (2).
• Kelso S (2001) Noir on noir: Barbara Hambly's New Orleans detective novels. Paradoxa: studies in world literary genres, 16. pp. 80-94

Books

• Kelso S (2009) Three Observations and a Dialogue: round and about SF. Conversation Pieces, 24. Aqueduct press, Seattle, WA, USA

Book Chapters

• Kelso S (2020) The Road and the River: Genre-Neering a Future in the Sharing Knife Series. In: Biology and Manners: Essays on the Works and Worlds of Lois McMaster Bujold. Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, United Kingdom, pp. 113-130
• Kelso S (2013) The decay of the cyborg body in Bujold's Memory. In: Lois McMaster Bujold: essays on a modern master of science fiction and fantasy. Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy, 37. McFarland, Jefferson, NC, USA, pp. 148-158
• Kelso S (2011) Thawing the frost garden: Komarr, by Lois McMaster Bujold. In: Warriors of the Tao: the best of science fiction: a review of speculative literature. Wildside Press, Rockville, MD, USA, pp. 42-47
• Suvin D, Blackford R, Kelso S and Ikin V (2011) A colloquium with Darko Suvin: questions by Russell Blackford, Sylvia Kelso and Van Ikin. In: Warriors of the Tao: the best of science fiction: a review of speculative literature. Wildside Press, Rockville, MD, USA, pp. 243-287

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 47+ research outputs authored by Dr Sylvia Kelso from 1996 onwards.