Today we have a guest post by Mr. Pierce Oka — showing us how flexible Superversiveness truly can be! This post first appeared at Pierce's blog Dragon's and Dogma. Magic: The Superverting, or, Superversion isn’t just for literature anymore By Pierce Oka In middle school, my friend Ethan introduced me to what would become my…
Nothing Good Ever Happened At the Point of a Gun by Amy Sterling Casil What happens in Minsk, is felt in Minneapolis. What happens in Hong Kong, reverberates in Houston. What happened in Paris on January 7, 2015 broke my heart. The terrorist attack on the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which took…
Facing "The Cold Equations" by S. Dorman Tom Godwin's "The Cold Equations" is perfectly balanced on the premise partly suggested in its title. Assigned for a course I've been auditing, the only thing troubling one's suspension of disbelief is lack of verisimilitude in its setting, particularly the .1 g. We lack lower gravity and capsule…
This was to be my Superversive post last week, but I never got it posted. This what John Scalzi's imaginary intern Chad would have called Christ: Origins The Birth of Jesus Christ As told by Luke and Matthew and the good scribes of King James Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this…
Today we have a treat: a guest blog by my cover artist extraordinaire, Dan Lawlis. When, he is not painting covers, Dan works as a commercial artist. Before that, however, he drew for Marvel and DC Comics. Dan is currently working on a Chrisitan Comic Book called Orange Peal 3. From the comic Orange Peel 3 …
Today's post is a polished reprint of a post I did several years ago. This subject came up in the comments of my last post, so it seemed topical. Moments of Grace or Why "Realism" Isn't I have never liked dark, gritty, ‘realistic’ stories—the kind that are unrelentingly grim. The kind where there’s no hope,…
Today we have a superb guest post by author Dave Freer. Before I post it, however, I have some terrific news. There is now a Superversive website! It is Superversive SF, and will be posting both superversive and science posts. The site is run by Mr. Jason Rennie of SCI PHI. He is looking for…
Any new venture needs a mission statement. So, what are the goals of the Superversive Literary Movement? Well…let me tell you a brief story. As a child, I distained Cliffsnotes. I insisted on actually reading the book. I would like to instill the same virtue in my children. But recently, I made my first…
This utterly beautiful essay (It made me cry…twice) was written by 16 year old author, A. M. Freeman. For more beautiful things written by A. M., visit her blog: Lost In La La Land. When I was quite young, my mom read my brothers and I The Tale of Despereaux. It is one of those…
Painting by Spencer Williams In Part One, Deeper Magic From Before the Dawn of Time, I discussed the philosophy, the idea, of Christian Magic. In this second part, I want to give some practical examples. First, the definition: Christian Magic is when objects or ideas from the Judeo-Christian tradition appear in the story as…