Preliminary Cyberpunk Curriculum, and Other Considerations
I mentioned somewhere (maybe Twitter, though, to be honest, my online correspondence has largely become a blur in the last few months) that I am considering developing an independent study graduate course dealing with cyberpunk and capitalism. This interest follows my attempts to conceptualize cyberpunk as a genre and the pressing curiosity as to the […]
A Modest Proposal (For Literature Curriculum)
(This is a short “essay” I wrote for my pedagogy course. I’m putting it here because I think it might be of interest to you all. No, this is not an “academic” essay. It should be relatively accessible.) Canonical Chronicle: Thoughts of Pop Literature and Literature Curriculum One of the principal concerns I have with […]
Book Review Up: Unholy Domain by Dan Ronco
Not much to say. I didn’t like this one. You can see my reasons here. I think I’m getting pickier and pickier with each book I read…
Crossing Genres: Is Cross Genre SF Killing Science Fiction?
Somewhere in the genre community there is someone blaming the death of science fiction on all those bastards mixing their filthy mysteries and romances with the hardcore awesomeness of SF. I don’t know where they are, but knowing the SF/F community as well as I do, I have no doubt that they exist, frothing at […]
Book Review Up: The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett
Another review up. This one you all have to read. I mean it. It’s one of the most amazing books I’ve read in a while. Check out my review here. Enjoy!
Curse Them All: Should You Use Them?
I have been reading an action-packed, violent book called Kell’s Legend by Andy Remic recently and the author’s style has brought me to this post. Those who are familiar with Remic are probably used to his unflinching desire to inject curse words liberally into his prose; they are also probably used to his rather detailed […]