Dr. Shaun Duke, Professional Nerd

Editor. Writer. Professor. Host.

The Reboot: New Schedule, the Focus, and New Beginnings

Here we go.  I’ve been thinking about this for the past month.  A number of people have offered their thoughts on what I should do about this blog and my various blogging efforts (thanks!).  The following list is a far more compact set of regular (in italics) and irregular features, with the former having a […]

Speculative Fiction 2014: It’s Here!

That’s right.  The anthology of online reviews, media and fan criticism that I edited with Renee Williams has officially been released by The Book Smugglers.  You can read all about it here. The collection includes works by a whole lot of amazing people,: Abigail Nussbaum, Adam Roberts, Aidan Moher, Aja Romano, Alex Dally MacFarlane, Amal […]

Non-US SF/F Fandom Survey: Perspectives on the Hugo Awards

As you might have heard, I’ve been working on a survey for non-US sf/f fans to get their perspective on the Hugo Awards (as the title suggests).  That survey went live yesterday.  If you are a non-US sf/f fan, please consider taking the survey to give your thoughts! Thanks!

Update: WordPress Move on Hold

Just a quick note for folks who were wondering what was going on: I’ve put the move to WordPress on hold for the moment.  It turns out that WordPress.com does not allow the use of iframes or scripts, which means I’d need to do a self-hosted webpage.  There’s a good reason WP doesn’t allow these […]

Reminder: Patreon + Voting Rights

In case you missed out on what is happening with my Patreon page, here are a few fun facts: Being a patron at any level grants you voting rights on the content of this blog (usually two polls a month) Most patron levels let you suggest at least one topic each month, which would then […]