Here are some preliminary blurbs for TECHNOLOGIZED DESIRE:

"In TECHNOLOGIZED DESIRE, the cultural pathologies that mark the panic ecstasy and terminal doom of the posthuman condition are powerfully rehearsed in the language of science fiction. Here, images of prosthetic subjects, zombies, cut-ups and armies of the medieval dead actually slip off the pages of literature to become the terminal hauntology of these technologized times. Technologized Desire is nothing less than a brilliant data screen of future memories. Read it well: it's a survival guide for bodies flatlined by the speed of accelerating technology." ARTHUR KROKER, author of THE POSTMODERN SCENE & PANIC ENCYCLOPEDIA

"Describing an impressively wide arc from high-toned cultural theory to cyberpunk fiction to techno-centered cinema, Wilson advances his theory that 'the only choice available to the postmodern subject ... is rooted in a dependency on ... the ultraviolent schizophrenic production of the commodity-self.' TECHNOLOGIZED DESIRE is a bright, brazen, evocative reading of technology, the body, and the art that is inaccurately labeled science 'fiction'." HAROLD JAFFE, novelist and editor of FICTION INTERNATIONAL

"D. Harlan Wilson’s TECHNOLOGIZED DESIRE: SELFHOOD & THE BODY IN POSTCAPITALIST SCIENCE FICTION is a fantastic book. One of the finest theoretical examinations in the field, it is also eminently readable and highly incisive. With this, Wilson has written a major work, one that will stand out (and above) in science fiction studies. Both great fun and wonderfully intelligent, how could you go wrong? Highly recommended.” GARY HOPPENSTAND, editor of THE JOURNAL OF POPULAR CULTURE

“Postmodern analysis of science fiction doesn’t get any better than this. Jump in and see how far down the rabbit hole goes.” WILLIAM IRWIN, editor of THE MATRIX & PHILOSOPHY

Advanced Reader Copies of TECHNOLOGIZED DESIRE are now available. If anybody is interested in reviewing this title, please contact Stanley Ashenbach at stanleyashenbach@yahoo.com.

Matthew Warner's HORROR ISN'T A 4-LETTER WORD: ESSAYS ON WRITING & APPRECIATING THE GENRE has been nominated for the Black Quill Award, sponsored by Dark Scribe Magazine, in the BEST DARK GENRE BOOK OF NONFICTION category. We are very excited that GDB's debut book has received this honor. Congrats Matt!

Go to this url to vote for the nominees: http://www.darkscribemagazine.com/current-nominees

RUE MORGUE recently ran a very favorable piece about Matthew Warner's HORROR ISN'T A 4-LETTER WORD. Here's a blurb:

"Most of the essays in this book … were written just as Warner was making a name for himself in the horror lit community, which grant them an added authenticity and accessibility. … These pieces subtly challenge the mainstream misconception that horror is dangerous, meritless junk food."

See GDB author Matthew Warner talk about his new book, HORROR ISN'T A 4-LETTER WORD, on LAIR OF THE YAK:

http://www.blogstar.com/shows/154/episodes/6190

Harold Jaffe—editor of FICTION INTERNATIONAL, professor of English and comparative studies at San Diego State University, and prolific novelist and "guerilla writer"—has blurbed TECHNOLOGIZED DESIRE:

"Describing an impressively wide arc from high-toned cultural theory to cyberpunk fiction to techno-centered cinema, Wilson advances his theory that 'the only choice available to the postmodern subject ... is rooted in a dependency on ... the ultraviolent schizophrenic production of the commodity-self.' TECHNOLOGIZED DESIRE is a bright, brazen, evocative reading of technology, the body, and the art that is inaccurately labeled science 'fiction'."

See Jaffe's schtick online at www.jaffeantijaffe.com.