June 9, 2022

 Greetings Everyone!

When it comes to Lovecraft's monsters- his extra-terrestrial, terrestrial, trans-dimensional aliens & his hybrid, degenerative "Others"- they are meant to be interpreted as actually existing, ontological entities- they are not meant to be interpreted as tropes, symbols, or metaphors for something else than what they are.

We must be remember this, when we see critics interpreting these entities as symbols or metaphors, which they often do in order to "extricate" Lovecraft's texts from his own beliefs, views & literary purposes- especially his racist beliefs-so that they can use Lovecraft's texts to further their own pet theories & personal, even political, purposes.

Read all about Lovecraft's monsters- and the likewise ontologically-existent robots & VR idols- in my second book.

JLS

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08JHFJQ8N/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0

May 7, 2022

Greetings Everyone!

Michio Kaku, Professor of Theoretical Physics, expresses optimism that humankind will survive any apocalyptic event in the future.  But this will only happen if (and this is a big "if") individual humans achieve "Type IV Status"- which means that humans must learn to manipulate at will the space-time continuum.

H. P. Lovecraft, Isaac Asimov & William Gibson- the greatest science fiction writers of all time- each proposed their own versions of the Type IV human being.  

You can read all about this in my recent book: Aliens, Robots & Virtual Reality Idols in the Science Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft, Isaac Asimov and William Gibson!

JLS

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08JHFJQ8N/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0

April 8, 2022

 Hi Everyone!

Please read the following passage from H. P. Lovecraft’s “Herbert West-Reanimator” and then ask yourself: Is this just an example of morbidity (there are similar passages scattered throughout Lovecraft’s fictional works & he was, indeed, a rather morbid man).

 Or: Is there something more - is this, as Michel Houellebecq insists, Lovecraft against the world, against life?

Or: Is something else going on here?

 What do you think?  

 “I can still see Herbert West under the sinister electric light as he injected his reanimating solution into the arm of the headless body.  The scene I cannot describe- I should faint if I tried it, for there is madness in a room full of classified charnel things, with blood and lesser human debris almost ankle-deep on the slimy floor, and with hideous reptilian abnormalities sprouting, bubbling, and baking over a winking bluish-green spectre of dim flame in a far corner of black shadows.”

JLS

March 20, 2022

Greetings Everyone! 

Spring is here!  A time for reassessment of our lives, our goals & our relationships.  A time, also, for renewal, for the pursuit of knowledge & perfection!

If you get the chance, check out my two books!  They are for the spring & for all seasons- for all seasons can inspire us to reassess & pursue perfection.  

My books are easy to understand, jargon-free & fun to read.  And they make the perfect gifts for friends & family members.

So check them out on Amazon, or any other online or real-time bookstore. 

And, of course, they  are essential reading for anyone who is a fan of the great New England horror writer H. P. Lovecraft & for readers who like science fiction, horror & fantasy literature.

Happy Spring to All!

JLS

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February 20, 2022

The Inhuman Mind expands from No-Thing, Nothing & Nothingness into Apocalypse.  And this is much more appalling than the lesser apocalypses imagined by human minds.   - John L. Steadman

 

           

February 18, 2022

 Greetings Everyone!

Recently, I was a guest on Miami Ghost Chronicles, a weekly paranormal talk show hosted by Marlene Pardo Pellicer.  The podcast interview has been uploaded to Stories of the Supernatural on Spreaker.

Marlene & I discussed a wide range of delightfully weird topics, including my newest book Aliens, Robots & Virtual Reality Idols in the Science Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft, Isaac Asimov and William Gibson.

Please listen in or download!

JLS

https://www.spreaker.com/user/miamighostchronicles/john-steadman

January 26, 2022

 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/Virtual-Reality-Science-Fiction-Lovecraft/dp/178904510X

JLS