Veronica Hollinger (1947- ) is a Canadian science fiction scholar and editor. Her work has been recognized with the Lifetime Contribution award from the

Science Fiction Research Association The Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA), founded in 1970, is the oldest, non-profit professional organization committed to encouraging, facilitating, and rewarding the study of science fiction and fantasy literature, film, and other media. ...

(SFRA) in 2021, the Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service in 2018 and the inaugural

SFRA Pioneer Award The Pioneer Award is given by the Science Fiction Research Association to the writer or writers of the best critical essay-length work of the year. In 2019 it was renamed the SFRA Innovative Research Award. Winners: *1990: Veronica Hollinger, "The ...

in 1990. Hollinger has co-edited

Science Fiction Studies ''Science Fiction Studies'' (''SFS'') is an academic journal founded in 1973 by R. D. Mullen. The journal is published three times per year at DePauw University. As Science fiction studies, the name implies, the journal publishes articles and ...

since 1991 and taught at

Trent University Trent University is a public liberal arts university in Peterborough, Ontario, with a satellite campus in Oshawa, which serves the Regional Municipality of Durham. Founded in 1964, the university is known for its Oxbridge college system, sma ...

until her 2016 retirement. She was educated at

Marianopolis College Marianopolis College is a private English-language college in the Canadian province of Quebec. Located in Westmount, Quebec, it is an anglophone college with a student body over 2,000. The General and Vocational Education College, known as a CE ...

(BA),

Newcastle University Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is a red brick university and a mem ...

(MEd), and

Concordia University Concordia University () is a Public university, public English-language research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College (Montreal), Loyola College and Sir George Williams Universit ...

(MA and PhD). Her articles and book chapters have explored

climate fiction Climate fiction (sometimes shortened to cli-fi) is literature that deals with climate change.Glass, Rodge (31 May 2013).Global Warning: The Rise of 'Cli-fi' retrieved 3 March 2016 Generally speculative in nature but inspired by climate science ...

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, sexuality and science fiction,

Chinese science fiction Chinese science fiction (traditional Chinese: , simplified Chinese: , pinyin: ''kēxué huànxiǎng'', commonly abbreviated to ''kēhuàn'', literally ''scientific fantasy'') is genre of literature that concerns itself with hypothetical future so ...

postmodernism Postmodernism encompasses a variety of artistic, Culture, cultural, and philosophical movements that claim to mark a break from modernism. They have in common the conviction that it is no longer possible to rely upon previous ways of depicting ...

, and

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as well as the writings of

Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ( , ; ; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel ''Frankenstein, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' (1818), which is considered an History of science fiction# ...

, James Tiptree Jr.,

Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and an inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight chi ...

, and Gwyneth Jones.

Honors and awards

(1990) * Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service (2018) * SFRA Lifetime Contribution Award (2021)

Edited collections

* ''Blood Read: The Vampire as Metaphor in Contemporary Culture'' with Joan Gordon and

Brian Aldiss Brian Wilson Aldiss (; 18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist and anthology editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for oc ...

(1997) * ''Edging into the Future: Science Fiction and Contemporary Cultural Transformation'' with Joan Gordon. (2002) * ''Queer Universes: Sexualities and Science Fiction'' with Wendy Gay Pearson and Joan Gordon (2008) * ''Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction'' with Arthur B. Evans, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr., Joan Gordon,

Rob Latham Rob Latham is a former professor of English at the University of California, Riverside and a science fiction critic. Career Latham was an English professor at the University of Iowa and the University of California, Riverside. Latham is the auth ...

, and Carol McGuirk (2010) * ''Parabolas of Science Fiction'' (2013) with

Brian Attebery Brian Attebery (born December 1951) is an American writer and emeritus professor of English and philosophy at Idaho State University. He is known for his studies of fantasy literature, including ''The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature: F ...

References

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