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Supernatural Superhero Secrets

A Review of D D Barant’s Death Blows (St. Martin’s Paperbacks, 2010). By Derek Newman-Stille Death Blows will be the second of DD Barant’s The Bloodhound Files novels that I will have reviewed. You can check out the review of book one by clicking on DD Barant in the Tags section. In a world where everyone has supernatural powers, there...

September 30, 2012

Speculative Fiction as “High Culture”

An Editorial By Derek Newman-Stille First, I want to open this editorial with a quick note that I think that the notions of “high culture” and “pop culture” are ridiculous and serve no real purpose. The idea that there is a genuine and openly apparent “high culture” that is obvious to anyone is ludicrous and demeans the individual appreciation and...

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Supernatural Superhero Secrets

Speculative Fiction as “High Culture”