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We recorded a fun (sort of) @theloopcast this week on dystopia (both our current real and past fictional). Especially fun to team up with @athertonkd on this topic. Ahead of it posting, I am pushing out some content related to our discussion. 1/x
"Let the Game Do Its Work" is my 11K-word monograph on the history of "spectacle" dystopias from 1878& #39;s The New Ordeal to The Running Man to The Hunger Games and beyond. Through Wednesday, it& #39;s FREE on @AmazonKindle https://amzn.to/33hgAUs ">https://amzn.to/33hgAUs&q...
Many of you know I& #39;ve been working on a more comprehensive history of the dystopian genre and its effect on real-world politics. I& #39;ve written 50K words plus (plus working on my diss, partly why you don& #39;t see me here so often these days). This is an excerpt.
It& #39;s also a hugely-expanded take on a subject I& #39;ve tackled in shorter form before, in this piece and elsewhere https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/07/03/isis-roller-ball-hunger-games-cinema/">https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/07/0... For more related content, see this as well https://icct.nl/publication/the-turner-legacy-the-storied-origins-and-enduring-impact-of-white-nationalisms-deadly-bible/">https://icct.nl/publicati...
If this short piece generates enough interest and positive feedback on Kindle, I& #39;m sitting on more dystopia content I may be able to push out, including more of this book, some reading/viewing resources, and a novel(!).
I finished the novel in January, copy-edited it in February and then started submitting right as COVID-19 blew up the industry. Still trying to work traditional routes, but starting to think about alternatives.
So I& #39;m dipping my toes in self-publishing with this monograph, and we& #39;ll see whether it looks like a viable route for other material. One way or another, it& #39;s all coming out. Maybe Kickstarter, Patreon, Kindle Select, we& #39;ll see. But it& #39;s happening.
So if you& #39;re interested in seeing more from me in this vein, please download, read, review, borrow, buy and/or share "Let the Game Do Its Work." And if you& #39;re a publisher interested in any of these projects, please do reach out. Thanks! https://www.jmberger.com/ ">https://www.jmberger.com/">...
Will add @theloopcast link to this thread once it& #39;s live.
