News of the Science Fictional and Fantastic Kinds

Happy Monday, everyone!

I'm pretty much buried under a couple of projects at the moment (including the Secret One of [Temporary] Secretness), so please forgive me if I'm quiet for the next few days. I'll be catching up with everyone ASAP.

A few quick notes of possible interest...

• Wiley now has the official book description and ordering information posted for Star Trek and History (edited by Nancy Reagin), which includes my essay "If This Is The (Final) Frontier, Where Are The Natives?" Here's the tag: A guide to the history that informs the world of Star Trek — just in time for the next J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie!
  
  ( Here's the detailed description. )


• Daniel Nexon - Potter Pundit, Georgetown Professor of Political Science, and inveterate blogger at "Duck of Minerva" - is now doing New Books in Science Fiction and Fantasy, a most promising new podcast. I look forward to listening!


• It looks like I'll be teaching two graduate courses this Spring. For Mythgard Institute (online and worldwide), "Science Fiction, Part 2: From the New Wave through Tomorrow." For Lenoir-Rhyne University, "J.R.R. Tolkien: Hobbits, History, and Heroism." (The latter will be cross-listed for undergraduates, as well.) I'm delighted!


• I now have a proper Author's Central page at Amazon. You can go there and "like" it... if, you know, you like it.


• As expected, Neil Gaiman and his fellow storytellers were amazing on the Unchained tour. We laughed, we cried... you get the idea.


• I adore the new poster for The Hobbit. Don't miss the alternate endings for the trailer, too!


• Last but not least, happy belated birthday to shagungu, happy birthday to xanath, and happy early birthday to curtana and litlover12. May all of you enjoy many happy returns of the day!

I'll leave you with my dear niece Kaitlyn, out and about and having grand adventures: