{"id":43923,"date":"2026-07-02T06:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=43923"},"modified":"2026-07-01T23:15:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:15:26","slug":"whats-up-on-the-su-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2026\/07\/02\/whats-up-on-the-su-5\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s Up On the SU?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A whole lotta great posts, that’s what (to be read in the same cadence as “Whole Lotta Love” by Led Zeppelin. \ud83d\ude09 )<\/p>\n

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Starting with two further instalments in Kim Falconer’s Fiction Prediction<\/strong> series:<\/p>\n

Ballard’s Electronic Wallpaper<\/a> — a post centered on the novel High-Rise<\/em> (1975) and Ballard’s prediction of influencer culture.<\/p>\n

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Silver Metal Peptides<\/a> — in which Kim features Tanith Lee’s Silver Metal Lover<\/em> (1981), which explores the use of drugs for physical enhancement and the ethics of treating sentient creations as property (a theme also explored by Martha Wells’ Murderbot series.)<\/p>\n

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You can also check out:<\/p>\n

Words Is Your Bizness: Writing the Blurb<\/a> — penned by T Frohock of Los Nefilim fame, with some great “how-to” tips for writing a compelling blurb for your book (or other creative venture.)<\/p>\n

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The Art of the Yes<\/a> from Amanda Arista — a post on the power of saying ‘yes’, in all sorts and conditions of situations.<\/p>\n

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Sex As A Life Force<\/a> by Cindy Pon — in which Cindy explores the place of sex in coming-of-age stories. And in turn leads us to:<\/p>\n

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Nice Guys vs Bad Boys<\/a> — aka are you Team Angel or Team Spike, cheering for Han Solo or Luke Skywalker… \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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Han Solo the quintessential “lovable rogue”<\/p><\/div>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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