John Garrison is Assistant Professor of English at Carroll University, USA. His work has appeared "Cultural Critique, DoubleTake/Points of Entry, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, The Gay and Lesbian Review, Medievalia et Humanistica, Milton Quarterly, Literature Compass, Literature/Film Quarterly, Postmodern Culture", and "Studies in Philology", as well as in the scholarly collections "Women in Science Fiction "and" Scotland as Science Fiction". His book, " Friendship and Queer Theory in the Renaissance", is forthcoming from Routledge in late 2013. Prior to pursuing a career in teaching,