Getting on my Middle School: a Review of Braden Bell’s Middle School Magic...
Lately, I have realized something. I should never review middle-grade fiction, because I am not a middle-grader. I remember, when I was growing up, enjoying books such as Anne of Green Gables, Ramona,...
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Just how dangerous is Shannon Hale?
. NOTE: This is a work of cultural and literary criticism, and not a review. Please adjust your expectations accordingly. . From Shannon Hale’s website, When I was in the rewrite stage of Dangerous...
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Just how dangerous is Shannon Hale? (part two)
. Yesterday, I talked about Shannon Hale’s apparent attempt to make a mainstream success of a novel staring a character who was not “white, male, able-bodied, straight, not too young . . . and not too...
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A note on Mormon cosmology in Shannon Hale’s Dangerous
. Something I haven’t talked about in the main posts on this novel (question, answer) is the nature of the aliens invading Earth and just what makes them so dangerous that Earth needs saving. Here are...
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Dark Watch and other Mormon-American stories is available for pre-order
I’m delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of my short story collection Dark Watch and other Mormon-American stories. It’s available for pre-order right now at: Amazon (Kindle) | Kobo (epub...
View ArticleThings Rich and Strange: Mormonism through the Lens of Steve Peck, a...
Title: Wandering Realities: The Mormonish Short Fiction of Steven L. Peck Author: Steven L. Peck Publisher: Zarahemla Books Genre: Short Story Collection Year Published: 2015 Number of Pages: 219...
View ArticleMormon alternate history anthology: background reading
Interested in contributing to (or reading) the Mormon alternate history anthology I am editing (deadline for submissions is March 19!)? Curious about what alternate historical fiction is all about?...
View ArticleThe Appeal of Science Fiction for (Some) Mormons
The other day, I woke up and wound up writing — well, this. And so I decided that I might as well share… Science fiction as a genre has a high and holy calling of engaging us in dialogue with science,...
View ArticleCall for Papers — Mormonism & Spec Fiction (LTUE 2017)
The Association for Mormon Letters is calling for papers relating to the connections between speculative fiction and Mormonism, to be delivered at Life, the Universe and Everything 2017, to be held...
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Mormon Easter Eggs and Mormon Veins of Goldin Pariah Missouri
. As this post appears, you have less than one day to get into the Pariah Missouri Kickstarter, so open that in a new tab now, so’s you don’t forget. You may recall that I’ve mentioned this comic...
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