Thank you to all of the podcasts that invited me on this year!
My "Looking Back on Genre History" science fiction segment ran each month on StarShipSofa.
I talked to Potterversity about my book chapter "Dark Arts and Secret Histories: Investigating Dark Academia"; to Trash Compactor and New Books Network about my book Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away; and to New Books Network about my book Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier.
I also talked about Alexis de Tocqueville with the Vital Remnants podcast and Mary Shelley (twice, once about The Last Man and once about Frankenstein) with The McConnell Center podcast.
To celebrate the fact that my co-edited anthologies Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier and Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away are now available in paperback, Vernon Press is offering a limited-time 30% discount on both books. Use this coupon code at checkout from Vernon's site: WSSN30. More information is here.
It was a delight to join Emily Strand, with whom I co-edited the anthologies Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier and Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away (both 2023 from Vernon Press), to talk Star Trek and Star Wars with the Dice in Mind podcast. Dice in Mind is a podcast hosted by Brad Browne and Jason Kaufman that explores the intersection of life, games, science, music, philosophy, and creativity through interviews with leading creatives.
We had a great time celebrating our new Star Trek and Star Wars books at events this past weekend -- so much so that Mr. Spock seemed to join me, old-school Victorian spirit photography style!
I'm delighted to announce a weekend of free online events celebrating two anthologies from Vernon Press, Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier and Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away, edited by Emily Strand and Yours Truly. We hope you'll join us!
It's time for my periodic "Thank you!" to those in the Star Trek and Science Fiction communities who have helped us get the word out about our new anthology, Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier, thus far.
More details about our book (including the table of contents, reviews, etc.) are here on the Vernon Press website. (Note: The coupon code CFC10822213C4 provides a 24% "new release!" discount at the Vernon Press website. In addition, the book is also available from all major booksellers and for request via libraries as an ebook or hardcover. Library requests help us a great deal!)
If you work with a periodical, podcast, blog, or website and might be interested in reviewing our book or talking to us or our contributors, please get in contact with me. I may be able to arrange a digital review copy for you! The easiest way to reach me is through this contact form on my website.
I'm delighted to share that both of my co-edited academic anthologies with Vernon Press are now available: STAR TREK: ESSAYS EXPLORING THE FINAL FRONTIER and STAR WARS: ESSAYS EXPLORING A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY.
They are both available at major bookstores and can be requested via libraries in hardcover or ebook formats. The coupon code CFC10822213C4 provides a 24% "new release!" discount at the Vernon Press website, which also has the Table of Contents and other information posted for both volumes.
Soon, very soon, Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier (2023) will have a sibling (also from Vernon Press): Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away (2023).
It's not every day that you and your brilliant co-editor Emily Strand submit your completed book to your publisher, but today is that day for me!
More information on STAR WARS: ESSAYS EXPLORING A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY, the sibling to our previously-submitted and also-forthcoming anthology STAR TREK: ESSAYS EXPLORING THE FINAL FRONTIER, will be coming soon!
It's not every day that you get to turn your book into your publisher, but today is that day for me and my co-editor, Emily Strand. More information will be coming soon for Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier!
I’m delighted to talk Star Trek at an event by Licking County Library on Jan. 18, 2022 at 7pm Eastern. This event is live, online, and free to everyone.
Happy September! I'm excited to be a part of two free online events this month. You're invited!
On September 14 at 2pm EST, I have the honor of interviewing the fantastic Dr. Melissa Edmundson for Handheld Press's book launch of THE VILLA AND THE VORTEX: SUPERNATURAL STORIES, 1916-1924 by Elinor Mordaunt. Registration is free! I hope you'll join us. More information is here.
On September 28 at 9pm EST, I'll be giving an online talk on "HOW STAR TREK CHANGED THE WORLD AND WHY IT STILL MATTERS" hosted by Taylorsville Library. Everyone is welcome! More information is here.
I’m excited to say that in Summer 2021, I will boldly go where no Signum University prof has gone before!
I will be offering the 12-week online class “Exploring Star Trek” for M.A. students and non-degree-seeking auditors alike. I’m delighted at this opportunity!
I’m pleased to announce that we will have a very special guest at one meeting of the “Exploring Star Trek” Signum University class in Summer 2021: New York Times bestselling author Una McCormack! What a delight this will be!
The catalog page for the “Exploring Star Trek” class is now available. Here is the link!
I haven't "moved in" here quite properly yet, but I will be doing so soon.
For right now, I wanted to rec a thoughtful and thought-provoking Star Trek article on Strange Horizons: "Freshly Remember'd: Kirk Drift" by Erin Horáková. Very much worth reading!
The Hocus Pocus Comics Kickstarter has begun! Please check out this fundraiser for Houdini's Silver Dollar Misfits, a graphic novel for all ages! Gravity Falls meets Harry Potter in this magical action-adventure mystery created by Harvey-nominated writer Dwight L. MacPherson.
All pledge tiers come with rewards, and the first begins at just $1. Thanks for considering supporting us!
In other news, my latest "Looking Back on Genre History" segment, which reviews five 2016 documentaries on Star Trek and Star Wars history, is up now on the latest episode of StarShipSofa. If you listen, I hope you enjoy!
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