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Borders, Boundaries and Barricades: Speculative Delhis 边界，边界和障碍:投机德里

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Comparative Critical Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.3366/ccs.2022.0452

Aishwarya Subramanian

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The Ascension of the Astro-Goth – Yugen Blakrok’s Otherworldly Hip-Hop Poetics 太空哥特人的升天 – 勃拉克罗克的另类嘻哈诗学

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Comparative Critical Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.3366/ccs.2022.0455

Pius Jonas Vögele

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The Dark Forest: The Economized Hunting Ground for Human Capital in Liu Cixin’s Three-Body Trilogy 黑暗森林:刘慈欣三体三部曲中人力资本的经济化狩猎场

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Comparative Critical Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.3366/ccs.2022.0453

Guangzhao Lyu

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‘Uncertain Voyages of Signification’: Salvage Poetics of the Caribatopia “意义的不确定之旅”：加勒比海的抢救诗学

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Comparative Critical Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.3366/ccs.2022.0451

Cathy Thomas

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Past Selves, Future Worlds: Folklore and Futurisms in Science Fiction: Filipino Fiction for Young Adults 过去的选择，未来的世界：科幻小说中的民俗与未来主义：菲律宾年轻人小说

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Comparative Critical Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.3366/ccs.2022.0456

Gabriela Lee

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Guest Editors’ Introduction: Speculative Fiction Beyond the West 客座编辑简介：超越西方的思辨小说

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Comparative Critical Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.3366/ccs.2022.0449

Tasnim Qutait, July Blalack

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Ruins of the Future: On the Possibility of Life in the Aṭlāl 未来的废墟:论宇宙中生命的可能性Aṭlāl

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Comparative Critical Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.3366/ccs.2022.0454

Annie Webster

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‘Poison Rainbows’: The Speculative Jurisdiction of Okorafor's Lagoon “毒彩虹”:奥克拉福泻湖的投机管辖权

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Comparative Critical Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.3366/ccs.2022.0450

Tabea Wilkes

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Wolves Like to Wander Around: Nomadic, Distal, and Unfurling Forces in Maclear and Arsenault's Virginia Wolf 狼喜欢四处游荡:游牧、远端和展开的力量在麦克利尔和阿瑟诺特的弗吉尼亚狼

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Comparative Critical Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.3366/ccs.2022.0442

Carrie Rohman

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Guest Editors' Introduction: Reading Braidotti / Reading Woolf 客座编辑简介：阅读Braidotti/阅读Woolf