@JordanSCarroll

Author of Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right (U of MN Press, Oct. 2024) and Reading the Obscene (Stanford 2021). Opinions mine.

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I just found out that you can now pre-order Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right! amazon.com/Speculative-White…

Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right (Forerunners: Ideas First)

Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right (Forerunners: Ideas First)

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#sciencefiction #sfstudies #critical #reactionary A very timely #book and quite amazing collection on reactionary world building and world making just arrived. Probably one of the most consequential 2026 publications. Many thx to @JordanSCarroll & MIT Press for this review copy.
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Patrick S. Lawrence@Pat_S_LawrenceFeb 17
Just found out about a new review for Out of the Gutters in the Journal of Popular Culture. Pretty cool. The word "urgent" is in there. I agree, but wish things were otherwise. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Out of the Gutters. Obscenity, Censorship, and Transgression in American Comics. By Jorge J. Santos...

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PNWeird@PNWeirdPodJan 17
Very excited to announce that on Monday I'll be dropping an interview with the incredible (and Hugo award winning) @JordanSCarroll on his most recent work, and the themes inherent to Fascist Sci-Fi in general. This will be a conversation of cosmic proportions, and importance...
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I coedited a collection titled "Reactionary Worldbuilding: From Speculative Imagination to Political Practice" with Anindita Banerjee, Sherryl Vint, and David M. Higgins. It's forthcoming from MIT Press, and you can preorder at a discount here.
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Reactionary Worldbuilding: From Speculative Imagination to Political Practice

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U of MN Press@UMinnPress29 Aug 2025
Congratulations to @JordanSCarroll for winning the Hugo Award for Best Related Work for Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right!
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#sciencefiction #scifi #history #politics #CriticalThinking spectrul.ro/2025/08/20/albul… Very happy to have translated an older interview with @JordanSCarroll about his Speculative Whiteness book, well well earned winner in the Best Related Work category at Seatle Worldcon 2025. 👇🏾

Interviu cu Jordan S. Carroll, autorul cărții Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the...

Traducere realizată de Ștefan Tiron după interviu publicat inițial aici, realizat de Joachim Boaz. Cartea lui Jordan S. Carroll a câștigat recent premiul Hugo la categoria de non-ficțiune Best Rela…

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ArtReview_@ArtReview_19 Aug 2025
Before Musk and Thiel, a shadow history throws the often idealistic hopes of progressive science-fiction cultures into stark and unstable relief artreview.com/space-racism-h…

Space Racism: How the Right Captured Science Fiction

Before Musk and Thiel, a shadow history throws the often idealistic hopes of progressive science-fiction cultures into stark and unstable relief

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I'm excited to announce that Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right won the Hugo Award for Best Related Work! This is such an honor, and I appreciate everyone who helped me along the way.
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Thanks — I'm looking forward to this talk!
Lauren J McMenemy 👻🧛‍♀️🔮😈@novicenovelist18 Aug 2025
We're super lucky to have some amazing and talented humans joining us for Writing the Occult: Belief - including Jordan S. Carroll, who won the Hugo for Best Related Work last weekend! 🧵⬇️
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You can find Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right at many online retailers as well as at my publisher's website. upress.umn.edu/9781517917081…

Speculative Whiteness

Reveals the alt-right’s project to claim science fiction and—by extension—the future Fascists such as Richard Spencer interpret science fiction films a...

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What can belief make us humans do? Join us at Writing the Occult: Belief on 6 Sept where we ask: What’s it like to live in a cult? Why do people get swept away by charismatic leaders? Where do conspiracy theories come from? Let’s ask if the truth really is out there. 🧵⬇️
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ALT Against a blue sky, a shadowed human is pictured jumping from a high place. Overlaid is the text: Writing the Occult: Belief 6 September 2025 Jump into... Surviving cults Conspiracy theories Demonology Spiritual warfare Bible horror Skepticism Voodoo Early modern pagans The cult of Mithras And writing authentic SFFH about real-world beliefs. In a red band along the bottom is the text: Writing the Occult: Belief is a virtual event for writers & readers. It happens 6 Sept 2025. Tickets & details via writingtheoccult.carrd.co

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I highly recommend Speculative Whiteness by @JordanSCarroll. An essential analysis of how the alt-right weaponizes sci-fi to craft a racialized, authoritarian vision of the future. An important read to grasp the cultural strategies of neo-authoritarian rights...
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I'm happy to announce that Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right received an honorable mention for the SFRA Book Award.
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Why don’t I spend more time on the porch checking out the moon?
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"He was too clever to be happy, not clever enough to be successful." CV Wedgwood
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Thirty Years War character creation: (a) You are a [Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist]
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(b) You can only pick two: (i) German national self-determination (ii) Regional autonomy (iii) Right to worship
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(optional) Pro-Bourbon or Hapsburg? Now, ally with someone who shares only ONE of your attributes
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