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Transhuman and Subhuman Part XIV: Childhood’s End and Gnosticism

Continuing from the previous post, we now consider the Gnostic foundations of Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke as demonstrated by John C. Wright. "I say CHILDHOOD’ S END is ‘Gnostic’, a heresy of the Christians," Wright explains, "because I do not see the attitude or mind-set of any other religion…

July 15, 2015

Transhuman and Subhuman Part XIII: The Fourth of the Big Three of Science Fiction

Expanding on a a point from last time, we turn to John C. Wright's examination of Arthur C. Clarke, and why he shouldn't be included among Campbell's Big Three. "I submit," says Wright, "that Arthur C. Clarke has...a broader vision, and yet it is a darker vision, of man and…

July 9, 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 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

Magnificent Bastard

YouTube user Insensitive Bastard has prepared a short video relating the struggle fought by GamerGate to the plight of SFF authors who put story before message. (Be advised: Insensitive Bastard isn't just a name. Expect some rather earthy language speaking truth to power.)

January 28, 2015