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The Big Idea: J. R. Blanes TALKIN’ ABOUT A SUPERMAN (Part One) Noticias Literatura 5-12 DickHeads Podcast Interviews Amazing Stories’ Steve Davidson Matt’s Reviews: Infinite Possibilities by Robert A. Heinlein
August 8, 2013

Crossroads: Society, World-building, and Estrangement in Spy Fiction

Growing up in a household where the legacy of Communism loomed large (my parents had fled Communist Poland during the ’60s), poison-tipped umbrellas and double-or-triple-agents were regular mealtime conversation. And with no James Bond showing […]

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Chris Gerwel is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer. Raised in New Jersey, he spent ten years in Central & Eastern Europe in the market research industry, and today when he isn’t reading or writing speculative fiction, he works in the software industry. He lives in northern NJ, with a beautiful wife and a rambunctious puppy, and also writes the weekly blog The King of Elfland’s 2nd Cousin.

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