[Commlist] The Multiverse as Theory in Postmodern Speculative Fictional Narratives" (Routledge, 2024)

*We are pleased to announce the publication of the new book: “The 
Multiverse as Theory in Postmodern Speculative Fictional Narratives” *

*published by Routledge. (ISBN 9781032699752 / 196 Pages 4 B/W 
Illustrations / November 15, 2024).*

Edited by:

Angélica Cabrera Torrecilla (Osaka University)

Francisco Sáez de Adana (University of Alcalá)

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/The Multiverse as Theory in Postmodern Speculative Fictional 
Narratives/considers the concept of the multiverse beyond the immediacy 
of being merely an excuse or scenario for the development of stories, 
instead positioning the multiverse as a theoretical method in which 
speculative fiction narratives can explore diverse issues to bridge 
ideas across cultural, social, and philosophical analysis.

Taking a cross-cultural approach, the book centres around the critical 
engagements that literary and media texts have with the representations 
of the multiverse, beyond considering this subject as a mere rhetorical 
flourish or a passing fad. A diverse and international team of authors 
engage with the multiverse from the point of view of “other worlds,” 
understanding it not as the appearance of another independent world, but 
as the collision of two or more different worlds into one of them. From 
this key finding, the multiverse encourages us to pay attention to the 
influence that fiction exerts on narratives and world-building, 
providing possible frameworks to rethink critical aspects of 
temporality, space, self, society, and culture in contemporary times.

This pioneering work will interest students and scholars working in the 
areas of media and cultural studies, comparative literature, popular 
culture studies, speculative fiction, and transmedia studies.

Contents:

1. *Introduction*

The Multiverse as Fictional Formation

/Angélica Cabrera Torrecilla and Francisco Sáez de Adana /

2. Towards the Multiverse as a Theory for Speculative Fictions, a Proposal

/Angélica Cabrera Torrecilla/

*PART I The Multiverse as Theoretical Method for Written-Visual Fictions*

3 The Quest for Reality as Lost Paradise: Philip K. Dick’s “False 
Worlds” Series

/Alejo Steimberg/

4 “Traveling through a Dimension Other than Space:” Multidimensional 
Consciousness in Molly Cochran’s /The Third Magic/

/Radhia Flah Gaiech/

5 The Multiverse as Ontological Catalyst in Sheri S. Tepper’s /The 
Margarets/

/Stephanie Studzinski/

6 Parallel Universes in Superhero Comics

/Francisco Sáez de Adana/

7 /Thursday Next Series/: Transmedia Fiction as a “Multi-Media” Multiverse

/Carmen Hidalgo-Varo/

8 Fighting across Reality: Otherworlds, Parallel Dimensions, and the 
Multiverse in Martial Arts Fiction

/Eduardo González de la Fuente/

*PART II The Multiverse as Theoretical Method for Audio-Visual Fictions*

9 From Representation to Simulation: Narrative Inconsistencies in 
Cyberspatial Otherworlds

/Anna Batori/

10 Bridging Multiverse and Media/Video Game Studies: /Nobunaga’s 
Ambition/ as a Multiverse

/Yasuhito Abe/

11 The Invisible Affects the Visible: A Socio-Cultural Perspective on 
the Portrayal of the Spirit and the Physical Worlds in Nigerian and 
Cameroonian Video Films

/Floribert Patrick C. Endong/

12 “Okay, Which World do You Think is Real?” – Complex Shared 
Dream-within-a-Dream Worlds in /Doctor Who/: “Amy’s Choice” (2010) and 
“Last Christmas” (2014)

/Kathrin Neis /

13 /Black Mirror/: Flat-line Multiverses and Mutations of the Possible

/Iván Pintor Iranzo/

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14 Postface: a A Typology of Multiverse Narratives

/Marie-Laure Ryan /

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