Volume 3, Issue 2, July 2019 Sponsored by the 1 Museum of Science Fiction Washington, DC JOURNAL OF SCIENCE FICTION Volume 3, Issue 2, July 2019 ISSN 2472-0837 MOSF Journal of Science Fiction Volume 3, Number 2 31 July 2019 ISSN 2474-0837 Managing Editor: Aisha Matthews, M.A. Editors: Anthony Dwayne Boynton, M.A.; Barbara Jasny, Ph.D.; Benet Pera, Ph.D; & Melanie Marotta, Ph.D. & Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay, Ph.D. Copyeditors: Joe Medwid; Summer Sutton; Angela Tvarozek; Lianna Palkovick; & Meaghan O’Brien Editorial Board: Nancy Kress, M.A., M.S.; Charles E. Gannon, Ph.D.; Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, Ph.D.; Terence McSweeney, Ph.D.; & Marleen S. Barr, Ph.D. Cover Art: “Wheel Whirl”: Olivia Wise Reflections: Other Bodyminds are Possible By Michael Bérubé, Ph.D. What Future People Will There Be? Neurodiverse Heroes for a Changing Planet By Melinda Hall, Ph.D. “A Quiet House That Speaks Volumes: A Reflection ofA Quiet Place” By Dolphia Butler “Disability in Science Fiction Literature: A Reflection on Technology and Mental Disabilities” By Philip Albert Steiner Articles: Thatcher’s Legacy? Individualism and the Neurological Condition in Ian McEwan’s Saturday By Antony Mullen Subversive texts: Illness and Disability in contemporary Chinese science fiction By Haihong Li 2 JOURNAL OF SCIENCE FICTION Volume 3, Issue 2, July 2019 ISSN 2472-0837 Articles (cont.): The Future is Scar-y: the Connective Tissue of Emotion, Body, & Identity By Michael Stokes Anti-psychiatry and disability in Flowers for Algernon and Clans of the Alphane Moon By Rob Mayo, Ph.D. “And then, you start feeling sharp”: The first science fiction character based on a Paralympic Athlete By Chiara Montalti It’s Okay to Stare: Visual and Unseen Disabilities in Comic Book SuperHeroes By Brett Butler, Ph.D. The Future is Fixable: Convention and Ableism in Science Fiction By Susan Flynn Book Reviews: Schalk, S. (2018). Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race, and Gender in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction. By Michael Bérubé, Ph.D. Allan, K. and Al-Ayad, D. (Eds.) (2015). Accessing the Future: A Disability-Themed Anthology of Speculative Fiction By Nahuel Zamponi Additional Artwork: Becoming Disabled by Dadu Shin Self Portrait 1 | 1983 by Nancy J Willis Wheel Whirl 2 by Olivia Wise Sponsored by the Museum of Science Fiction & hosted by the University of Maryland Libraries. Museum of Science Fiction University of Maryland Libraries PO Box 88 7649 Library Lane Alexandria, VA 22313 College Park, MD 20742 3 JOURNAL OF SCIENCE FICTION Volume 3, Issue 2, July 2019 ISSN 2472-0837 Open Access Policy This journal provides immediate open access to its content in keeping with the principle that mak- ing research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. 4 JOURNAL OF SCIENCE FICTION Volume 3, Issue 2, July 2019 ISSN 2472-0837 Table of Contents Masthead…………………………………………………………………….………….................................................................................2 Table of Contents……………………………………………………………………………………..…….....................................................5 Cover Art by Olivia Wise………………………………………………………………………………………..……..........................................................7 Letter from the Editor by Aisha Matthews …………………………………………………………………….…………..............................................................8 Foreword to the Special Issue on Disability Studies Bodyminds, Science Fiction, and Disability Studies by Sami Schalk, Ph.D……………………………………………………………………………………….....................................................10 Reflective Essays: Other Bodyminds are Possible by Michael Bérubé, Ph.D. …………………………………………………………………….………….....................................................12 What Future People Will There Be? Neurodiverse Heroes for a Changing Planet by Melinda Hall, Ph.D.……………………………………………………………………………….............................................................15 A Quiet House That Speaks Volumes: A Reflection of A Quiet Place by Dolphia Butler …………………………………………………………………….…………...................................................................18 Disability in Science Fiction Literature: A Reflection on Technology and Mental Disabilities by Philip Albert Steiner …………………………………………………………………….…………......................................................20 Artwork: “Becoming Disabled” by Dadu Shin.....................................................................................................................................................................23 Articles: Subversive texts: Illness and Disability in contemporary Chinese science fiction by Haihong Li.....................................................................................................................................................................24 Anti-psychiatry and disability in Flowers for Algernon and Clans of the Alphane Moon by Rob Mayo, Ph.D.…………………………………………………………………….…………................................................................40 The Future is Scar-y: the Connective Tissue of Emotion, Body, & Identity by Michael Stokes.............................................................................................................................................................51 5 JOURNAL OF SCIENCE FICTION Volume 3, Issue 2, July 2019 ISSN 2472-0837 Table of Contents (cont...) Thatcher’s Legacy? Individualism and the Neurological Condition in Ian McEwan’s Saturday by Antony Mullen................................................................................................................................................................64 Artwork: Self Portrait 1 | 1983 by Nancy J Willis..................................................................................................................................................................75 Articles (continued) The Future is Fixable: Convention and Ableism in Science Fiction by Susan Flynn.....................................................................................................................................................................76 It’s Okay to Stare: Visual and Unseen Disabilities in Comic Book SuperHeroes by Brett Butler, Ph.D...........................................................................................................................................................93 “And then, you start feeling sharp”: The first science fiction character based on a Paralympic Athlete by Chiara Montalti..............................................................................................................................................................109 Artwork: Wheel Whirl 2 by Olivia Wise......................................................................................................................................................................122 Books in Review: by Nahuel Zamponi and Michael Bérubé....................................................................................................................123 About the Contributors....................................................................................................................................................126 6 JOURNAL OF SCIENCE FICTION Volume 3, Issue 2, July 2019 ISSN 2472-0837 Cover Art Cover Art: Wheel Whirl by Olivia Wise 7 JOURNAL OF SCIENCE FICTION Volume 3, Issue 2, July 2019 ISSN 2472-0837 Letter from the Editor As the Managing Editor of the Journal of Science scholarship that places the social model into Fiction, I have had the immense pleasure of watching conversation with issues as wide spread as identity our publication grow and evolve to include increasingly and normativity to the commodifying, disciplinary rigorous and thought-provoking scholarship about gaze and the origins of disability stigma, including the works of science and speculative fiction. Ever since heyday of early American freak shows, and beyond. the successful release of our first special issue on In this issue, you will encounter meditations on Afrofuturism last year (February 2018), the Journal has physical and mental disabilities, visible and invisible sought to address questions of intersectional identity, impairments, and the role that we assign to ethics minority consciousness, genre, and the interplay in sustaining and advocating for a positive culture between individual rights and state power, dedicating surrounding disability. You’ll read reflections from one issue per annum to the exploration of such topics some of the foremost scholars currently researching of interest. In that vein, the disability special issue before at the intersection of science fiction and disability you foregrounds the lived experiences of people with studies. You’ll also discover novel readings of texts disabilities and offers ample opportunity for reflection and films both familiar and unfamiliar, and engage and discussion surrounding disability representation, with thought-provoking scholarship about meaning, inclusion, and accessibility. identity, embodiment, and more. The pieces collected here were submitted from all around Given the breadth of voices present in this issue, the world with scholars examining works of Italian and encapsulating the coalitional engagement between Chinese SF in addition to an array of British and American professional scholars (both affiliated and independent), works. The global discussion about disability in SF graduate students, artists, and readers, I direct you clearly offers an avenue for exploring the potential that towards the insightful “Foreword” contributed by Dr. coalitional