NORDIC JOURNAL OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY RESEARCH Volume 8, issue 1, 2021 journal.finfar.org The Finnish Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Suomen science fiction- ja fantasiatutkimuksen seura ry Submission Guidelines Fafnir – Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research (ISSN 2342-2009) is a Gold Open Access international peer-reviewed journal. Send submissions to our editors in chief at
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