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Mark Twain Center Hosts “Gears and God” Short Essay
A few months ago, Joe Lemak from the Center for Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College asked me if I’d like to write something to promote my book for their web site. Today, they’ve published that essay, along with some … Continue reading
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Tagged A Connecticut Yankee, Elmira College, Frank Reade, Gears and God, Mark Twain, science fiction
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C19 in Albuquerque: A Great Conference
I got back from the biennial C19 conference last week. It was an excellent four-day event, with presentations from many scholars who focus specifically on American literature of the 19th century. That said, transnational approaches were in abundance, including my … Continue reading
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Tagged C19, dime novels, Edisonades, Frank Reade, Jules Verne, Oceanic Studies
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C19 Paper Acceptance: In Nemo’s Footsteps
Last week, I learned that I’ll be presenting a paper at the C19 Conference at the University of New Mexico, March 22-25, 2018. The conference theme is “Climate.” My paper is called “In Nemo’s Footsteps: U.S. Responses to Verne’s Oceanic … Continue reading
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Tagged C19, c19 conference, Frank Reade, Jules Verne, oceanic internationalism, Tom Edison Jr, university of new mexico
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Twain and Dime-Novel Science Fiction
If you’re interested in listening to my October 11, 2017 guest lecture on “Mark Twain and the Inventor Fiction Boom, 1876-1910” the audio is now available online. You can’t watch the slideshow that went with it, but there is a … Continue reading
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Tagged A Connecticut Yankee, dime novels, Electric Bob, Frank Reade, Mark Twain, steampunk, Tom Edison Jr, Tom Sawyer Abroad
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Juggling Fiction and Non-Fiction
As of this week, I’ve had interest from more than one university press for my non-fiction book proposal. My book manuscript is a study of 19th-century American fiction, tentatively titled Gears and God: Technocratic Fiction, Faith, and Empire in Mark … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Bigelow Paine, Frank Reade, Mark Twain, science fiction, university press
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Dime Novel Sci-Fi at “God and the American Writer” Symposium
At the end of February, I’ll be presenting a paper on the Frank Reade, Jr. dime-novel inventor series at a special symposium on “God and the American Writer” sponsored by the American Literature Association. What do those early science-fiction stories–best … Continue reading
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