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Ad Astra Call for Papers

By In CFP On December 10, 2011


James Gunn’s Ad Astra is a new online publication dedicated to the study, advancement, and celebration of speculative fiction in the twenty-first century. Ad Astra will be edited by volunteers at the Center for the Study of Science fiction at the University of Kansas. Each issue will feature an assortment of stories, reviews, scholarly articles, and poems about science fiction, fantasy, horror and other genres of speculative art and literature.

The first issue of Ad Astra is scheduled for release on June 22nd, 2012.

The theme for Issue #1 will be Communication and Information.

We are looking for work from a wide variety of disciplines about how we speak with others, share information, and overcome obstacles to understanding. All submissions should have one eye cast toward the future, or one foot planted firmly in the world of the imagination. What would be the effect on human culture of ubiquitous mobile data streams? How might sapient colony organisms share information in the dark oceans beneath the ice of Europa? What conversation topics might be verboten on one’s first date with an artificial intelligence? Are orcs and goblins really as malevolent as they seem, or have they just been tragically misunderstood?

Papers up to 7,500 words in length should be e-mailed in .rtf or .doc format to

Dr. Kathy Kitts at kittsscicoor@gmail.com or Dr. Mark Silcox at msilcox@uco.edu.

All submissions should be in APA format and prepared for blind review. Submit a separate cover page with name, word count and institutional affiliation. The tentative deadline for submissions to Issue #1 of Ad Astra is March 31, 2012.

For more information, visit http://adastra.ku.edu/.

Call For Papers

James Gunn's Ad Astra is a new online publication dedicated to the
study, advancement, and celebration of speculative fiction in the
twenty-first century. Ad Astra will be edited by volunteers at the
Center for the Study of Science fiction at the University of Kansas.
Each issue will feature an assortment of stories, reviews, scholarly
articles, and poems about science fiction, fantasy, horror and other
genres of speculative art and literature.

The first issue of Ad Astra is scheduled for release on June 22nd,
2012.

The theme for Issue #1 will be Communication and Information.

We are looking for work from a wide variety of disciplines about how
we speak with others, share information, and overcome obstacles to
understanding. All submissions should have one eye cast toward the
future, or one foot planted firmly in the world of the imagination.
What would be the effect on human culture of ubiquitous mobile data
streams? How might sapient colony organisms share information in the
dark oceans beneath the ice of Europa? What conversation topics might
be verboten on one’s first date with an artificial intelligence? Are
orcs and goblins really as malevolent as they seem, or have they just
been tragically misunderstood?

Papers up to 7,500 words in length should be e-mailed in .rtf or .doc
format to 

Dr. Kathy Kitts at kittsscicoor@gmail.com 
or 
Dr. Mark Silcox at msilcox@uco.edu. 

All submissions should be in APA format and prepared for blind review.
Submit a separate cover page with name, word count and institutional
affiliation. The tentative deadline for submissions to Issue #1 of Ad
Astra is March 31, 2012.

For more information, visit http://adastra.ku.edu/.