Carnivalising the future: a new approach to theorising childhood and adulthood in science fiction for young readers (2004)
Journal Article
Sambell, K. (2004). Carnivalising the future: a new approach to theorising childhood and adulthood in science fiction for young readers. Lion and the Unicorn, 28(2), 247-261

The comic narrative strategies that Reeve uses in Mortal Engines set it apart from the bulk of deeply serious, starkly pessimistic science fiction for young readers. Sambell illustrates how Reeve eschews the oppressive admonitory tone of the dystopia... Read More about Carnivalising the future: a new approach to theorising childhood and adulthood in science fiction for young readers.

Perspectives on the Meanings of childhood in near-future fantasies produced for young people (2003)
Journal Article
Sambell, K. (2003). Perspectives on the Meanings of childhood in near-future fantasies produced for young people. Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction, 88(2), 33-44

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Presenting the case for social change: the creative dilemma of dystopian writing for children (2003)
Book Chapter
Sambell, K. (2003). Presenting the case for social change: the creative dilemma of dystopian writing for children. In C. Hintz, & E. Ostry (Eds.), Utopian and dystopian fiction for children and youth (163-178). Routledge

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