{"id":43022,"date":"2025-05-05T06:30:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T18:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=43022"},"modified":"2025-05-04T20:35:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T08:35:47","slug":"new-on-supernatural-underground-for-may-great-leaders-in-speculative-fiction-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2025\/05\/05\/new-on-supernatural-underground-for-may-great-leaders-in-speculative-fiction-4\/","title":{"rendered":"New On Supernatural Underground for May &#8212; Great Leaders in Speculative Fiction #4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think I&#8217;m building up a head of steam now, with this <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2025\/02\/03\/great-leaders-in-speculative-fiction-new-for-2025-on-supernatural-underground\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post series on leadership<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39734\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Supelogo_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Leader number #4 is someone I&#8217;ve mentioned before, though not in such depth. Yep, it&#8217;s John Aversin from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barbarahambly.com\/BHTOC.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barbara Hambly&#8217;s<\/a> <em>Dragonsbane<\/em>, and I believe he ticks quite a number, if not all, the leadership boxes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-43024\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dragonsbane-1-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dragonsbane-1-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dragonsbane-1-98x150.jpg 98w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dragonsbane-1.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There may be a few overlaps to real life as well, but I&#8217;ll let you be the judge of that. You&#8217;ll have to rock on over and have a read, of course &#8212; but I gave it some oomph, so I hope you will. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>To which end, the link will help: (;-) )<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.com\/2025\/05\/great-leaders-in-speculative-fiction-4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Great Leaders of Speculative Fiction #4: John Aversin of <strong><em>Dragonsbane<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_29930\" style=\"width: 177px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29930\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29930\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/dragon_thornspell.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/dragon_thornspell.jpg 167w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/dragon_thornspell-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8230;&amp; here, too, be dragons!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While you&#8217;re on Supernatural Underground, you may like to check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/a.k.wilder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kim Falconer&#8217;s<\/a> post on narrative persuasion:<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.com\/2025\/04\/the-art-of-adaptation-reader-persuasion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Art of Adaptation &#8212; Reader Persuasion<\/a><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_43025\" style=\"width: 271px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43025\" class=\"wp-image-43025\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Arcane_riot-300x217.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Arcane_riot-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Arcane_riot-150x108.png 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Arcane_riot.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-43025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arcane<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Enjoy &#8212; and have the very best week you can, wherever you are and whatever doing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think I&#8217;m building up a head of steam now, with this post series on leadership. Leader number #4 is someone I&#8217;ve mentioned before, though not in such depth. Yep, it&#8217;s John Aversin from Barbara Hambly&#8217;s Dragonsbane, and I believe he ticks quite a number, if not all, the leadership boxes. 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