Rachel In The Air

Rachel Griffin in flight, drawn for me during my reading at Sasquan by Codex of Codex and Quizzer, the team behind Tempest in a Teardrop.   And if you haven't been reading Tempest in a Teardrop, they've gotten pretty funny! I recommend this sequence: The hazing of the new intern Approching the Vile Demense (of the…

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Culture War Post 4: The War Over Archetypes!

Forth in our series of articles of Speculative Fiction meets Jung as viewed through the work of Ruth Johnston in her new book: Re-modeling the Mind: Personality in Balance.     SF Culture Posts    Part One: What Forces Drive the SF Culture War? Part Two: Optimistic in the Night Land Part Three: If You Had Introverted…

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Superversive Blog: Life, Carbon, and the Tao — Part Two!

Today we have Part Two of our Superversive Literary Movement Anniversary essay by Mr. Superversive himself, essayist extraordinaire, Tom Simon! Snarky essays on the art of writing fantasy   Life, Carbon, and the Tao by Tom Simon   Part One is available here. And now, to the second question: What’s so special about the Tao? Here I…

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Superversive Literary Movement Anniversary Essay!

Those of you who have joined us in the last year may not be aware that before the Superversive Literary Movement, there was still Superversiveness. It existed in the form of Mr. Superversive himself, the astute and witty essayist, Tom Simon.  When John and I conceived of the idea of the Superversive Literary Movement, we…

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Sci Phi Mag Needs Us!

Sci Phi Journal needs help!  For those who are not familiar with Sci Phi Journal, it offers science fiction stories that have a philosophy. Sci Phi offers a venue for the very kinds of stories that we all want to read but seldom get to see. It features some of the best new authors, like Josh Young and…

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