April 24, 2021

 Greetings Everyone!

Recently, I appeared as a guest on the Ghostly Talk Podcast, a weekly, unscripted talk show exploring supernatural, paranormal & speculative topics.

Ghostly Talk is hosted by Scott L. & Amberrose Hammond.  The segment is EP 142: John L. Steadman- Aliens, Robots and Virtual Reality Idols in Science Fiction.

Please listen via the link below.

 https://ghostlytalk.com/ep-142-john-l-steadman-aliens-robots-and-virtual-reality-idols-in-science-fiction

March 16, 2021

Marc Schuster, the host & creator of Abominations, a podcast on Spotify.com that conducts film & book reviews, gave my new book a perceptive review on March 14, 2021.  I hope you’ll listen in via the link below!

Marc Schuster is the author of  The Grievers, a “coming of age” novel about a group of friends who went to high school together & must come to grips with the suicide of a fellow classmate.   Other works include The Singular Exploits of Wonder Mom and Party Girl (The Permanent Press 2011) &  Don DeLillo, Jean Baudrillard, and the Consumer Conundrum (Cambria 2008).

In addition, he is also the book reviewer for Small Press Reviews, a blog started in November of 2007 to promote books from small and independent presses. The blog is currently featured on Word Press, as of March, 2009.

https://anchor.fm/marc-schuster/episodes/Aliens--Robots--and-VR-Idols-eshkgb

 

March 14, 2021

 Greetings Everyone!

Here's a recent Amazon review from Sir Readsalot about my new book!

“Nonfiction books of this variety are few and far between. High concept and academic, yet accessible. Specific, yet covering all required bases and sticking a solid landing.

This book expanded my thinking on the subjects of aliens, robots, and VR – all quite common sf topics and, if I’m being honest, got me excited again to think of these things as much more than tropes, but as deliberate conversation pieces within our fiction.”

I hope you will agree after you read the book! So please pick up a copy!  

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/178904510X/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vamf_tkin_p1_i0

March 2, 2021

Greetings Everyone

Spring is in the air & all around us!

A perfect time to read my new book, Aliens, Robots & Virtual Reality Idols in the Science Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft, Isaac Asimov and William Gibson!

Please pick up a copy!

John L. Steadman

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/178904510X/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vamf_tkin_p1_i0

February 7, 2021

 Greetings Everyone!

On February 6, 2021, I was a guest on Midnight in the Desert, which is broadcast on the Dark Matter Network.  My host, Tim Ozman, is the author of many popular books such as Secret Religion of the Elite, The Autohoaxer Handbook, and The Power of ME: Mandela Effect Magick.

The interview ran from 12 PM- 3 AM Eastern Standard Time &  was my longest interview to date. It was also one of my best. Tim & I discussed my new book Aliens, Robots & Virtual Reality Idols in the Science Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft, Isaac Asimov and William Gibson.

We also covered a very broad & delightful range of other topics.

*H. P. Lovecraft & prehistoric alien invaders.

* Isaac Asimov’s Foundation & Robot Novels.

* William Gibson’s Sprawl Trilogy.

*The equivalence of Lovecraft’s views to those of contemporary quantum physics.

*Gibson’s views on virtual reality & how it relates to “real” reality.

*The diminishment of humankind in the 21st century & beyond.

*My own personal experience with the “alien” & what the word “alien” really means. 

Please check it out!  It was a fun, joyous & speculative romp through the darker recesses of popular culture & cosmic consciousness.

JLS

https://www.darkmatter.radio/blogs/dark-matter-after-midnight/midnight-in-the-desert-2-6-21-guest-john-l-steadman-to-discuss-aliens-robots-and-virtual-reality-idols

 

February 6, 2021

 Greetings Everyone!

This Saturday night, 2/6/21, I am going to be a guest on Midnight in the Desert, which is broadcast on the Dark Matter Digital Network.  The show will run from 12 Midnight- 3 AM Eastern Standard Time (9 PM-12 Pacific Time)

I will be interviewed by Tim Ozman,  the host of Infinite Plane Radio and author of  many popular books such as Secret Religion of the Elite, The Flat Earthers: Life On The Edge of Reality, The Autohoaxer Handbook, and The Power of ME: Mandela Effect Magick.

Tim & I will be discussing my new book, Aliens, Robots & Virtual Reality Idols in the Science Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft, Isaac Asimov and William Gibson.  We will also cover a host of interesting, speculative topics, all of which, like my book, defy the normal perceptions of reality.

Please tune in on Saturday!

https://tunein.com/radio/Dark-Matter-Digital-Network-s211941/

JLS

January 27, 2021

 I am the author of Aliens, Robots & Virtual Reality Idols in the Science Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft, Isaac Asimov and William Gibson, published by Zero Books.  

My book is a spirited, speculative & fun romp through the greatest works of the three most well-known & influential sf writers in the history of the genre.

I examine exactly what an alien is, what a human being is and how artificially intelligent entities can, by a simple act of will, evolve into nouveau aliens whose objectives are at odds with human exceptionalism, free will & objectivity- the things that make us human beings.

Lovecraft, Asimov & Gibson posit a dark future.  But my book is not dark; I argue that humans are more than capable of becoming Type IV status, as Michio Kaku calls it, who can transcend the limitations of space and time.

I like to see light on the mountain tops; 2020 has been a troubling year in many ways, but I see light now in this new year coming out everywhere.

Best wishes.

John L. Steadman

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08JHFJQ8N/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1