Reviewer Praise for Nethereal

Reviewer Praise for Nethereal

The Millennial King was recently kind enough to devote an in-depth review to my book. In a delightful twist of form I've never seen before, he wrote his post as if he were a theater critic reviewing an opera based on Nethereal (which is appropriate, considering it's a space opera). Overall,…
July 2, 2015

Transhuman and Subhuman Part XII: The Big Three of Science Fiction

The twelfth essay in Transhuman and Subhuman by John C. Wright corrects the popular misconception that the third member of the Big Three Campbellian authors, alongside Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein, wasn't Arthur C. Clarke or Ray Bradbury, but A.E. van Vogt. Wright points out that neither Clarke nor Bradbury were…
July 2, 2015
Transhuman and Subhuman Part X:The Golden Compass Points in No Direction

Transhuman and Subhuman Part X:The Golden Compass Points in No Direction

John C. Wright's criticism of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy hinges not on the books' atheist message (Wright was an atheist himself when he first read, and found serious defects in, the series), but on the sloppy and arbitrary handling of their plot. "This book should have been an atheist…
June 16, 2015
Nethereal Is Now Available

Nethereal Is Now Available

My first novel, Nethereal, is now live on Amazon. For old school folks, the paperback is available from CreateSpace. Here's the description: A woman like no other who longs for acceptance. A precision killer inspired by the dream of his captain. The last member of a murdered race, fighting to…
June 10, 20157 Comments
Transhuman and Subhuman Part VIII: Gene Wolfe, Genre Work, and Literary Duty

Transhuman and Subhuman Part VIII: Gene Wolfe, Genre Work, and Literary Duty

The eighth essay in John C. Wright's Transhuman and Subhuman collection is a meditation on the merits of speculative fiction occasioned by SFWA making Gene Wolfe a Grand Master. "He is the greatest living author writing in the English language today," Wright declares, "and I do not confine that remark to…
June 1, 2015
Transhuman and Subhuman Part VII: The Glory Game

Transhuman and Subhuman Part VII: The Glory Game

Today I'm reviewing John C. Wright's review of Keith Laumer's short novel The Glory Game. "The novel is well crafted, concise, without a wasted scene or word," says Wright, "and therefore has the clearest and most trenchant point of any tale I have ever read that is actually a tale…
May 28, 2015
Transhuman and Subhuman Part VI: Swordplay in Space

Transhuman and Subhuman Part VI: Swordplay in Space

"Why is the preferred weapon of the Galactic Empire the sword?" John C. Wright tackles that question in the sixth part of his essay collection Transhuman and Subhuman. Following the premise that a man's attitude toward war and death reveals his outlook on life, Wright examines a selection of great…
May 25, 2015