Shaun Duke
Shaun Duke is an aspiring writer, a reviewer, and an academic. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Digital Rhetoric and Writing at Bemidji State University. He received his PhD in English from the University of Florida and studies science fiction, postcolonialism, digital fan cultures, and digital rhetoric.
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Crimethink SF in Print (proceeds go to Doctors Without Borders)!
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You all might remember that I had an essay published a few months ago in Crimethink: Politics and Speculative Fiction. You might also remember that I mentioned the upcoming print edition for charity purposes. Well, that print edition is officially here, and it’s only $6.99! The best thing about it is that all proceeds go to Doctors Without Borders, which is a fantastic organization.
Copies are available here (or Amazon). Please get a copy or two and help out.
Here’s the cover image and some information about the book (the image is small right now because the only large image I can find is on Amazon, and you can’t cut it out of their “Look Inside” feature. I’m working on getting a bigger image for you all):
Crimethink contains essays by Jay Lake, Gary Westfahl, Deborah Walker, Nisi Shawl, Greg Beaty, Romie Stott, Lisa Agnew, Ross Hamilton, Jordan Humphreys, and myself.
Yes, the collection is awesome. Yes, you have to buy it if you’re my friend. Yes, I will disown you if you don’t, because it’s not about me, but the folks at Doctors Without Borders. Okay, so you don’t have to buy it if you don’t want to, but you could at least donate a few bucks to DWB.
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Duke’s Best EDM Tracks of 2024
And so it came to pass that I finished up my annual Best of EDM [Insert Year Here] lists. I used to do these on Spotify before switching to Tidal, and I continued doing them on Tidal because I listen to an absurd amount of EDM and like keeping track of the tunes I love the most. Below, you will find a Tidal playlist that should be public. You can listen to the first 50 tracks right here, but the full playlist is available on Tidal proper (which has a free version just like Spotify does). For whatever reason, the embedded playlist breaks the page, and so I’ve opted to link to it here and at the bottom of this post. Embeds are weird. Or you can pull songs into your preferred listening app. It’s up to you. Some caveats before we begin:
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