Interview with Jessica Benya, author of Electronica
Jessica Benya and I have in common that we are both authors who attended St. John's College in Annapolis. The difference between us, however, is that I attened in the 80s, and she's still a student! When I was visiting the college in September, the book store manager brought her book to my attention. I…
There Will Be War — Released Today!
Signal Boost! The Premier Mil-SF Series Returns 25 Years Later At the height of the Cold War, the most important series in military science fiction was THERE WILL BE WAR. Created by science fiction legend Dr. Jerry Pournelle, the nine volumes of THERE WILL BE WAR combined the very best science fiction writers…
A Supeversive Story: A Girl I knew
Superversive Blog: Help the spin rack make a comeback
Article by LOU ANTONELLI Back in 2008, when Tor publishing launched Tor.com, they apparently decided to reach out to mainstream media – as opposed to genre outlets – and used an outside public relations company. I was contacted as the managing editor of an Associated Press daily newspaper, and offered an opportunity to do…
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Superversive Guest Post: Transport and Guides from Hellish to Heavenish
Today, we have a guest post by the intrepid S. Dorman Transport and Guides from Hellish to Heavenish Without a guide, how is one to get from the city of destruction to the celestial city? During the Middle Ages pilgrims traveled on foot (or hoof). In John Bunyan's work, Christian conversed with Apollyon, out…
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…
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…