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NASA history book – “The Space-Age Presidency of John F. Kennedy” (University of New Mexico Press, 2019) – John Bisney interview

Supernatural studies history book – “The Spectral Arctic” (UCL Press, 2018) – Shane McCorristine interview

Sci-fi tv show book – “The World of the Orville” (Titan Books, 2018) – Jeff Bond interview

Supernatural Horror studies book – “New Directions in Supernatural Horror Literature” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) – Sean Moreland interview

Japanese mystery fiction book – “Old Crimes, New Scenes” (Published by MerwinAsia; distributed by the University of Hawaii Press, 2018) – Charles Exley and Michael Tangeman interview

Video games studies book – “The Toxic Meritocracy of Video Games” (University of Minnesota Press, 2018) – Chris Paul interview

Supernatural fiction studies book – “A Feeling of Wrongness” (Penn State University Press, 2018) – Joe Packer interview

Horror movie history book – “The Howling: Studies in the Horror Film” (Centipede Press, 2018) – Lee Gambin interview

Artificial Intelligence academic – “How Smart Machines Think” (MIT Press, 2018) – Sean Gerrish interview

Latin American horror movies – “The Migration and Politics of Monsters in Latin American Cinema” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) – Gabriel Eljaiek-Rodriguez interview

Horror movie history – “Wasteland: The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror” (Counterpoint, 2018) – W. Scott Poole interview

Classic science fiction – “The Forever War” (Titan Comics, 2017) – Joe Haldeman interview

Star Trek history – “Star Trek: A Cultural History” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018) – M. Keith Booker interview

Sci-fi and archaeology – “Excavating the Future” (Liverpool University Press, 2018) – Shawn Malley interview

Disney animation history – “Drawing the Line” (University Press of Kentucky, 2006) – Tom Sito interview

Rod Serling and his work – “Rod Serling” (University Press of Mississippi, 2018) – Nicholas Parisi interview

Race, Gender, and Disability in Spec Fiction – “Bodyminds Reimagined” (Duke University Press, 2018) – Sami Schalk interview

Frankenstein art – “It’s Alive!” (GILES, 2018) – Elizabeth Denlinger interview

Fantasy works and climate change – “Fire and Snow” (SUNY Press, 2018) – Marc DiPaolo interview

Science Fiction and disaster – “The Future as Catastrophe” (Columbia University Press, 2018) – Eva Horn interview

Science Fiction and religion – “Religion and Technology into the Future” (Lexington Books, 2018) – Sam Gill interview

Argentine Horror Films – “Blood Circuits” (SUNY Press, 2018) – Jonathan Risner interview

Classical “monster” art – “Portraits of Human Monsters in the Renaissance” (Medieval Institute Publications, 2018) – Touba Ghadessi interview

Sci-fi and fantasy author – Greg Bear interview

Sci-fi and fantasy writing – Jack Campbell interview

Sci-fi literature – Aisha Matthews interview

Comic book editing and writing – Bob Greenberger interview

Sci-fi author Peter David interview

Sci-fi author Timothy Zahn interview

Writer Robin C. Farrell interview