Fans will appreciate this fresh take on Discovery. And while the multiple references to the gothic and scholarly works may initially put off general readers, the specific examples from various episodes quickly bring balance and draw readers in. This heavily researched volume is a valuable resource for scholars across multiple fields. Highly recommended.

Choice Reviews

The Discovery series emerges here as a critically reflexive addition to the Star Trek universe, one that, like the gothic heroine herself, dares to highlight the casually colonialist, heteronormative, misogynist, and blithely optimistic discourses that underpin it. Star Trek: Discovery and the Female Gothic is a valuable resource for scholars and fans alike, boldly going into territories old and new.

Dara Downey, Trinity College Dublin

In Star Trek Discovery and the Female Gothic ... Carey Millsap-Spears boldly re-situates the franchise in the rich, complex history of the female gothic narrative. By tracing a direct line between classic female gothic authors Ann Radcliffe and Mary Shelley, Millsap-Spears offers a much-needed re-examination of a beloved science fiction universe through an historical and critical lens.

Liz Faber, Dean College

If you’ve never thought that Star Trek Discovery and the female Gothic belong together, then let this entertaining and informative book show you where you must boldly go. By linking risk-taking heroines of centuries past to cutting-edge science fiction on television, Carey Millsap-Spears makes an original and compelling contribution.

Devoney Looser, Professor of English, University of Missouri

Written in an enjoyable and informative manner, the book reflects the significant level of Millsap-Spears's Star Trek knowledge and her expertise in Gothic literature and conventions. Millsap-Spears's monograph is a culmination of years of work and will be useful to academics as well as Star Trek fans, especially those who identify as both.

Journal of Film and Video

In Tell Fear No: Star Trek Discovery and the Female Gothic, Carey Milsap-Spears persuasively delineates the Gothic roots of the Star Trek franchise, and convincingly argues that Star Trek: Discovery – female led and orientated – can be further characterised as part of a tradition of “Female Gothic” dating back to Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Charlotte Brontë. With rich and satisfying analyses of both the Gothic and Star Trek, this a welcome addition to the burgeoning scholarship on the most recent entries in a franchise that marries both science and emotion.

Una McCormack, associate fellow of Homerton College, Cambridge, and NYT bestselling science fiction author