2008 TITLES

The Science of Michael Crichton

Psychology of Superheroes

Batman Unauthorized

The Science of Dune

2007 TITLES

Jack Bauer for President

The Psychology of Joss Whedon

House Unauthorized

Serenity Found

This is My Funniest 2 (SF)

The Psychology of Survivor

Grey's Anatomy 101

Perfectly Plum

Coffee at Luke's

Neptune Noir

The Psychology of Harry Potter

Halo Effect

Webslinger

2006 TITLES

Don't Chew Jesus!

This is My Funniest (SF)

So Say We All (Battlestar Galactica)

Investigating CSI

"My Ox is Broken!"

James Bond in the 21st Century

This is Chick-Lit

Getting Lost

Boarding the Enterprise

This Is Burning Man

The Battle for Azeroth

Star Wars on Trial

Welcome to Wisteria Lane

The Man from Krypton

The Da Vinci Mole

The Unauthorized X-Men

Psychology of the Simpsons

Mapping the World of Harry Potter

2005 TITLES

Totally Charmed

King Kong Is Back!

Two-Faced

Revisiting Narnia

Wonder's Child

Flirting with Pride and Prejudice

Farscape Forever!

Science in Science Fiction

Navigating the Golden Compass

Alias Assumed

The War of the Worlds

The Anthology at the End of the Universe

Finding Serenity

What Would Sipowicz Do?

2003/2004

The Crazy Years

Stepping Through the Stargate

Five Seasons of Angel

Diana Rigg

Backstreet Mom

Seven Seasons of Buffy

Joss Whedon

Taking the Red Pill

Don't Chew Jesus! A Collection of Memorable Nun Stories
November 2006

Danielle Schaaf and Michael Prendergast

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“Sisters were the foot soldiers of Catholic education. Those of us who marched with them are glad we did. Don't Chew Jesus! gives us a chance to relive that journey.”

John Powers, Author of Do Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

“My earliest memories from kindergarten and all the way through high school were of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary from Scranton. Like so many other students of that time, I am forever in their debt and keep them in my prayers daily for a happy eternity following their wonderful lives on earth.”

Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C

President Emeritus

University of Notre Dame

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Filled with fond recollections and touching stories, these tales from hundreds of contributors pay tribute to nuns, those monochromatically clad monitors of the right, the wrong, and the holy. Catholic nuns are portrayed as devoted and passionate women who, armed with an arsenal of educational weaponry ranging from creative storytelling to psychological terrorism, had the massive responsibility of molding children into model citizens of God. DON'T CHEW JESUS! covers subjects ranging from religious training, habits, and devotion to discipline, pranks, and the always-dicey sex education. Readers are introduced to such legends-in-the-making as baseball-playing nuns, telepathic nuns, gun-toting nuns, and even skinny-dipping nuns. These nuns have seen it all—the silly or the sad, the frightening or sublime—and always keep their gazes directed upward.

For more information about DON'T CHEW JESUS!, visit nunstories.com or  dontchewjesus.blogspot.com.

Danielle Schaaf and Michael Prendergast are lifelong friends who met as Catholic School first graders in South Florida. Early on a nun told them they were bold and cheeky. Not much has changed in forty years.

For nearly 25 years, Danielle has been a public relations consultant in Houston, and Michael, an attorney with a labor employment law firm in Jacksonville, Florida. Both are married, their spouses enduring nearly twenty years of bold and cheeky behavior. Their children – Danielle’s twin sons and daughter, and Mike’s two daughters – are masters in eye-rolling. Active in their churches as a lector and CCE teacher, they’re passing along their Catholic heritage to their children, although none have volunteered to follow in their parents’ footsteps as a Sodality Girl or president of the Altar Boy Society.

Blaming Irish bloodlines, the authors share a gift of blarney, quick wit and love of storytelling. Danielle and Mike are skilled public speakers with dozens of presentations and media interviews under their belts.

Not bad for a couple of bold and cheeky kids.

This is My Funniest: Leading Science Fiction Writers Present Their Funniest Stories Ever

October 2006

Edited by Mike Resnick

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What do science fiction's top comic writers all have in common? They're all in this book! THIS IS MY FUNNIEST collects 29 short stories all chosen by their authors - the top names in science fiction - as the funniest story they've ever written. Each author has also written an introduction to preface their offering, providing insight into their selection, their writing and themselves. Contributors include Robert Silverberg, Spider Robinson, David Brin, Connie Willis, Esther Friesner, Harry Turtledove and many more, with stories such as "Amanda and the Alien," "Too Hot to Hoot," "Ickies in the Mirrorshades," "The Soul Selects Her Own Society," "Sweet, Savage Sorcerer," and "Myth Manners' Guide to Greek Missology #1 Andromeda and Persius."

Contributors include:

Mike Resnick is the winner of five Hugos, plus other major awards in the USA, France, Japan, Spain, Croatia, and Poland, and according to Locus currently stands fourth on the all-time award list. He is the author of 52 novels, 200 short stories, 14 collections, two screenplays, and has edited 44 anthologies. His work has been translated into twenty-two languages.

So Say We All: Collected Thoughts and Opinions on Battlestar Galactica

October 2006

Edited by Richard Hatch, Battlestar Galactica's Apollo and Tom Zarek

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In 2003 the Sci Fi Channel released its original miniseries based on the classic 70’s science fiction show Battlestar Galactica. This re-imagination of the original series provided 180 minutes of incredible television that kept the audience’s rapt attention. It was obvious that they had a winner on their hands; the next year eager fans got an entire season. The show has been approved for a third season and there is currently serious talk of NBC picking it up. Science fiction is known for raising difficult questions; Battlestar Galactica is no exception. At times shocking and intense, the show tackles such topics as martial law, power and corruption, torture and interrogation tactics, artificial intelligence, and ultimately what it is to be human. How do you maintain faith in the gods when you’re enmeshed in an Armageddon of your own making? Is Zarek a terrorist or a freedom fighter? What are the identity politics of a Cylon who looks human? Is torturing a Cylon any worse than putting one out the air lock? What ethical complexities crop up when one misstep could mean the annihilation of the human race? SO SAY WE ALL provides an in-depth, intelligent exploration of the questions that make Battlestar Galactica such an engaging, thought-provoking show.

Born in Santa Monica, California, Richard Hatch is best known for his portrayal of Apollo on the original Battlestar Galactica and Tom Zarek on the revised Battlestar Galactica. Hatch was studying classical piano at the age of eight, and knew he wanted to carve out a career as a performer before he reached his teens. After attending Harbor College in San Pedro, he joined a Los Angeles repertory company with which he traveled to New York City in 1967. He performed in the plays “Song of Walt Whitman,” “Young Rebels” and a production called “Exercise,” which Hatch directed. Hatch was cast as the original Philip Brent on All My Children in 1970 and later played Inspector Dan Robbins on the television series The Streets of San Francisco.

Investigating CSI: Inside the Crime Labs of Las Vegas, Miami and New York

October 2006

Edited by Donn Cortez with Leah Wilson

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The shows in the CSI franchise are bar none the most popular series on television today. Currently in its sixth season, CSI: Las Vegas still pulls in more than 20 million viewers every week. The CSI franchise shows attract a large audience; everyone watches CSI, from grandmothers to college students, from waiters to lawyers. INVESTIGATING CSI offers a selection of smart, accessible essays covering the shows' cutting-edge science, intriguing mysteries and engaging personal dynamics. Essays from experts in the field illuminate the processes behind DNA testing, ballistics, crime scene photography, autopsy and more. Other essays focus on the leads' varying appeals, the history of forensics on television, the shows' treatment of alternate sexualities and whether the shows' detail actually gives criminals an advantage. This book promises a varied and immensely readable investigation of the most-watched shows on television, enriching the watching experience and delighting any fan.

Contributors include:

Donn Cortez is an author in the CSI: Miami tie-in book series as well as author of The Closer and The Man Burns Tonight. As Don DeBrandt, he is also the author of Angel: Shakedown, Steeldriver, and VI as well as a number of essays in the Smart Pop series. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

"My Ox is Broken!" Detours, Roadblocks, Fast Forwards and Other Great Moments from TV's The Amazing Race
September 2006

Adam-Troy Castro

Introduction by Billy and Carissa Gaghan

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The Amazing Race is a reality show like no other, and arguably, it has the best set around. Setting itself apart from the overwhelming majority of reality shows by winning the Emmy for best reality television program three years in a row, The Amazing Race takes 12 contestant couples around the world in a race for a million dollars. Adam-Troy Castro dissects this television phenomenon – good reality TV – in one of the first books ever published about The Amazing Race. From Thailand to Greenland, this show has consistently gone where no other show has gone before and Castro continues the excitement of the race in this book that is funny, entertaining and unique – just like the show itself. The Amazing Race has hooked viewers for all the right reasons and with season nine soon upon us it doesn’t show any signs of stopping. MY OX IS BROKEN! is the best reading companion for any fan of this hit show or for any fan of reality television at its best.

Adam-Troy Castro’s short stories have been nominated five times for the Nebula, two times for the Hugo, and once for the Stoker. He has contributed to previous Smart Pop volumes about King Kong, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Alias, and Harry Potter, among others. The paperback version of his collection Vossoff and Nimmitz will be released in 2007. He lives in Miami with his wife Judi.

James Bond in the 21st Century: Why We Still Need 007
September 2006

Edited by Glenn Yeffeth

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“James Bond. Women want him, men want to be him.”

On November 17, 2006, Casino Royale, the 21st official James Bond film, will be released. Much has changed since the first Bond film, Dr. No, premiered in 1962. We’ve experienced the civil rights movement, feminism, the fall of the Soviet empire and 9/11, not to mention more than a few James Bonds and countless numbers of scantily clad and increasingly capable Bond girls. The world has changed, yet James Bond endures. Or does he? JAMES BOND IN THE 21ST CENTURY takes a fun, irreverent look at everyone’s favorite spy. From letters of advice to Blofeld (“construct your next secret lair WITHOUT a self-destruct button”) to debates on the sexiest Bond girl, from the real reason we watch the films to why we still want to be James Bond at all, JAMES BOND IN THE 21ST CENTURY examines the James Bond phenomenon with affection, nostalgia and tongue firmly planted in cheek.

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This is Chick-Lit

September 2006

Edited by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

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“A wonderful compilation of talented and diverse authors ... a long overdue and smart answer to the naysayers of an often maligned genre. It’s funny, a little edgy, thoughtful and thoroughly entertaining, not to mention lots of interesting and eye-opening stuff for clever guys who want to see how the other half thinks.” Nelson DeMille, bestselling author of Plum Island   “Like a lot of snotty literary types, I have often sneered at chick lit … I’m here to tell you: I was wrong. These stories, which take chick lit beyond its Bridget Jonesian beginnings, show that it’s time to take this maturing genre a little more seriously. In this round of the culture wars, at least, the point goes to the chick-lit girls.” Priya Jain, BUST Magazine

Chick-lit is lit.

In the last decade, chick-lit has exploded in popularity. Readers relate to the stories told by a growing group of powerful and fun women: chick-lit writers.

THIS IS CHICK-LIT sets out to prove that chick-lit is not only enjoyable, but smart and timely. With an introduction that accurately highlights the argument between “Chick” and “Lit” and a collection of stories from the country’s best fiction writers, This is Chick-Lit offers the best of the best. It’s thought-provoking, funny and most of all entertaining from start to finish.

Rebelling against the Random House title, This is Not Chick-Lit, THIS IS CHICK-LIT defends the worth of the genre through various contributors who prove that being labeled “chick-lit” doesn’t make a story, or its author, part of the literary underclass, but quite the opposite.

Contributors include:

Lauren Baratz-Logsted is the author of The Thin Pink Line, Crossing the Line, A Little Change of Face, How Nancy Drew Saved My Life, Vertigo and the forthcoming Young Adult novel Angel’s Choice. Lauren was also a contributor to BenBella Books’ anthology Flirting with Pride & Prejudice. She lives with her husband, Greg, and daughter, Jackie, in Danbury, Connecticut.

Edited by Orson Scott Card

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"If you're a diehard fan, check it out." - Whitney Matheson, "Pop Candy" USA Today

This August, the castaways on Lost may still have to worry about the dino-tron, the Others and Hurley eating all the peanut butter but BenBella Books has some good news: the release of a new anthology…

Dozens of people stranded on an island, and the search party is looking in the wrong place. Think that plotline has been done one too many times? Think again. On Wednesday nights, millions of people tune in to J. J. Abrams’ smash hit, Lost. With unbelievable plot twists and a cast with unforeseen talent, Lost has become one of the most popular and critically acclaimed show’s to ever hit television, and it’s definitely a show like no other.

In Getting Lost, well-known science fiction, fantasy and even romance writers explore every corner of the island and the castaways stranded on it. From Hurley’s place in the island hierarchy to the love stories on Lost, from the real reason the castaways all boarded that flight (and it’s no coincidence!) to this island quite possibly being the same one Gilligan washed up on, Getting Lost leaves nothing unanswered for every fan who is hoping to remain Lost…

Topics Include:

• Besides a lifetime supply of mangos, the island also provides quite a bit of reading material. Bill Spangler heads up the “Lost Book Club”

• Joyce Millman has cooked up her own theory to explain how the island may be one big video game. But who’s handling the remote control?

• Who is the real leader on the island: Jack, Locke or someone else entirely? Glenn Yeffeth has an answer

• Is the Oceanic Flight 815 crash just a little unbelievable? Clayton Davis, a pilot, offers his expert opinion

• For all those who are just plain Lost in the language, Wayne Allen Sallee provides a complete Lost reference guide

• And editor Orson Scott Card breaks down why Lost is as close to perfect television as there has ever been

Contributors Include:

Orson Scott Card is a New York Times bestselling science fiction author of the Ender's Game series as well as the winner of several Hugo and Nebula Awards.
 

Edited by David Gerrold and Robert J. Sawyer

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Forty years and a few generations later,
Star Trek is still stunning fans and breaking ground

The Star Trek series continues to boldly go where no other science fiction property has dared to tread. It has influenced a legion of fans and brought science fiction into the homes of millions, through television shows and movies.

In Boarding the Enterprise, Star Trek writers themselves and the writers and scientists they inspired remember and celebrate Star Trek’s influence on our society with a mix of humor and nostalgia.

Star Trek has shaped our image of television and continues to mold our view of the real-world. And now Boarding the Enterprise takes a look at all that and more...

Topics Include:

• Communications and media theorist Paul Levinson shows how the unprecedented success of the “seventy-nine jewels” in syndication changed the way we look at television forever

• Star Trek writer D. C. Fontana remembers Gene Roddenberry, and her days on the set behind-the-scenes.

• Science fiction novelist Allen Steele praises the series’ writers, and the strong science fiction tradition that made Star Trek so great

• Cultural theorist Eric Greene details the Star Trek’s complex dialogue regarding the Vietnam War, highlighting the show’s evolving stances on interventionist politics and the relevancy of American cultural myths

• Fan-fiction author Melissa Dickinson explains why we feel compelled to write our own stories about Kirk, Spock and the rest, almost forty years after the original series ended

Contributors Include:

David Gerrold is the author of the Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated The Man Who Folded Himself, When Harlie Was One and the Chtorr, Dingillian and Star Wolf series. He also wrote "The Trouble with Tribbles" episode of Star Trek, which was voted the most popular Star Trek episode of all time.

Robert J. Sawyer is the author of several science fiction novels, including the Nebula Award-winning The Terminal Experiment and the Hugo Award-nominated Calculating God.
 

Brian Doherty

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“When I received a copy of This is Burning Man ... I trembled. I couldn’t wait to open it up and learn who was actually behind an event that I greatly admire and always look forward to attending. This is a rapturous story of the world’s greatest messengers: its artists. It is amazing to follow how the fragile ecosystem of the art world comes together to form the Burning Man, celebrating the Burning Man, and then return him to ashes.” - Perry Ferrell

“Burning Man is a wondrous topic. The yearning to gather is a primal one, and Burning Man is a magical example. It’s based on, as Brian Doherty describes, on a love for creating and experiencing: ‘The world is a desert. It’s up to us to fill it in.’ By capturing the people and the wonder of Burning Man, Doherty has contributed to this process.”

- Walter Isaacson, author of Benjamin Franklin

A provocative look at the extraordinary annual Burning Man festival—held each year before Labor Day, and drawing thousands of people from all walks of life to the forbidding Black Rock Desert in Nevada—spotlights the radically self-reliant and vibrantly creative community that gathers for a week-long stay that culminates in the burning of a symbolic wooden man.

The glamorous and anarchic aspects of the makeshift city—ideas that are at once ingenious and unimaginable in normal society—are detailed including a three-story temple composed of discarded dinosaur puzzle pieces, a giant flame-spewing metal-lotus flower, and a glowing white whale sailing over the starry desert sky. The magnificent spirit of a festival where money and spectators are not allowed is captured here, bringing a piece of the whimsical, strange, and enlightened energy to those who've never participated as well as to veterans wishing to reminisce.

Brian Doherty is the senior editor of Reason magazine. His articles have been published in the Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, Spin and the Washington Post.

Edited by Bill Fawcett

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What is the secret to the World of Warcraft that six million people and counting already know?

A record-breaking number of people are logging on every day to enter the World of Warcraft: a Massive Multiplayer Role-Playing Game that has men and women, young and old, glued to their computer monitors all around the world.

In The Battle for Azeroth, gaming experts, developers and best-selling science fiction authors explore every corner of the Warcraft universe. From the increasing occurrence of “Chinese Farmers” to how hackers have affected the game. From how to navigate your way through Azeroth to finding your true love on a mutual server.

The Battle for Azeroth takes on every aspect of this social phenomenon and leaves the countless fans of World of Warcraft with even more to love about the bestselling and, arguably, the most popular video game of all time.

Topics Include:

• Jody Lynn Nye offers advice for the WoWlorn, those who have lost their loved ones to the glow of the computer screen

• Jerry Jackson declares that Azeroth has an economy even Alan Greenspan would be proud of, from supply and demand among Warlocks to buying and selling gold on eBay

• Who says video games are for boys? Nancy Berman is a Night Elf Warrior and proud of it, and she presents the new trend in role-playing games: female players

• Harvard professor, Maressa Hecht Orzack, and Deborah S. Orzack offer clear warning signs for World of Warcraft addicts and remind us why occasionally logging off could save your life

• Chris McCubbin provides a detailed examination of every class found in World of Warcraft from the history of the Paladins to the true definition of a Warlock

• Doranna and Nancy Durgin aren’t ashamed to admit that they’re “altaholics,” and they invite you to play along with them

Contributors Include:

Bill Fawcett is a cofounder of Mayfair Games, a board and role play–gaming company, as well as an award-winning board and computer game designer. He has also edited more than 50 anthologies.

Star Wars on Trial: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Debate the Most Popular Science Fiction Films of All Time
June 2006

Edited by David Brin and Matthew Woodring Stover

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Star Wars is Under Fire!

The most profitable and arguably the most popular science fiction series of all time finally stands trial!

The release of Star Wars in 1977 redefined science fiction cinema forever. With revenues of more than four billion dollars for the films alone, Star Wars mainstreamed science fiction in the minds of both corporate executives and the general public. Star Wars redefined science fiction publishing as well. The incredible success of Star Wars, its impact on science fiction publishing and its strengths and its flaws, have aroused strong opinions and powerful emotions within the science fiction community.

Star Wars on Trial finally settles the arguments that have been raging for nearly 30 years. Leading science fiction writers will debate every aspect of the Star Wars epics, from politics to religion, from the impact on bookstore shelf space to the overall logic of the saga. Is George Lucas a hero for finally bringing science fiction’s message to a mass audience, or is he a villain who doesn’t truly understand the genre he claims to be working in?

With Hugo Award winner and New York Times bestselling author David Brin heading up the prosecution and Matthew Woodring Stover, New York Times bestselling author, leading the defense, this debate promises to be intense, illuminating and great fun for both fans and detractors of what is considered by many to be the most important science fiction property of our time.

Is Star Wars guilty or innocent of the following eight charges?

• The politics of Star Wars are anti-democratic and elitist

• While claiming mythic significance, Star Wars portrays no admirable religious or ethical beliefs

• Star Wars novels are poor substitutes for real science fiction and are driving real SF off the shelves

• Science fiction filmmaking has been reduced by Star Wars to poorly written special effects extravaganzas

• Star Wars has dumbed down the perception of science fiction in the popular imagination

• Star Wars pretends to be science fiction, but is really fantasy

• Women in Star Wars are portrayed as fundamentally weak

• The plot holes and logical gaps in Star Wars make it ill-suited for an intelligent viewer

Contributors Include:

David Brin is the bestselling Hugo and Nebula Award winning author of such books as Kiln People, Earth and the Campbell Award winning The Postman.

Matthew Woodring Stover is best known for his critically acclaimed dark fantasies Heroes Die and Blade of Tyshalle and is also the controversial author of Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Traitor and Star Wars: Shatterpoint. He was selected to pen the novelization of the 3^rd Episode in the saga, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.

Edited by Leah Wilson

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Desperate for more Desperate Housewives?

Take a trip down Wisteria Lane to explore the scandal, intrigue and mayhem in the smash hit!

More than 25 million people know that Desperate Housewives, the biggest show to hit television in years, is not just entertaining and fun, it is smart and just plain good. In a time when quality television is hard to come by and reality TV has a monopoly on the airwaves, Desperate Housewives exploded out of nowhere.

Welcome to Wisteria Lane is what every fan desperately needs. It celebrates the brilliance of ABC’s Desperate Housewives, and it answers the question: why on earth is this show so special? With thoughtful essays and hilarious insights, Welcome to Wisteria Lane tells us just why so many people tune in every Sunday and talk about nothing else every Monday morning.

From how Desperate Housewives reflects the truth about friendship to how suburban living is hazardous to your health, from hating Lynette to why men love this show, Welcome to Wisteria Lane has something for every Desperate fan.

Topics Include:

• Is Julie Mayer destined to become Bree Van De Kamp? Beth Kendrick examines the parenting styles on Wisteria Lane and thinks it just may be inevitable

• Jill Winters explores how each of Wisteria Lane’s male residents is the source of his own destruction

• Deanna Carlyle compares American viewers to European ones, and comes away with the reason Susan, Bree, Lynette, Gabby and Edie are so popular in translation 

• Television Without Pity’s Evany Thomas compares Desperate Housewives to its obvious sister-in-arms program: Sex and the City but also…The Golden Girls?

• Michelle Cunnah shows why Susan Mayer is the best friend a housewife could ever have

• Cara Lockwood looks behind Suburbia’s white picked fences to find an explanation for Desperate Housewives’ deliciously dark comic undertones

Contributors Include:

Leah Wilson is the co-editor of Mapping the World of Harry Potter and King Kong is Back!

Edited by Glenn Yeffeth

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Boys want to grow up to be him and girls adore him.

He’s the ultimate superhero, the ultimate man and the ultimate American icon. He’s as representative of America as baseball and apple pie and he has entered the lives of millions for more than six decades through comic books, the small screen and feature films. Yet, there is much about Superman that has never been examined.

Until now.

In The Man From Krypton, leading writers discuss, debate and celebrate the legend of Superman. Is Superman too violent? Is Lex Luthor the world’s greatest villain? What has The WB done for the Superman property? And is Superman even human? All these questions and more are answered in this in-depth look at all things related to the Man of Steel.

Funny, philosophical, insightful and personal, The Man From Krypton explores every aspect of the Superman legend and is perfect for fans, young and old, of America’s greatest superhero.

Topics Include:

• Lawrence Watt-Evans explores Superman’s many issues, ranging from cleanliness to loneliness 

• He’s the Man of Steel, but just why can’t Superman find a girlfriend? Larry Niven suggests some theories on Superman’s constant trouble with women 

• There have been many men to tackle the role of Superman over the years, but who was the best one? Keith R.A. Candido offers his opinion 

• Lou Anders compares the Man of Steel to the Caped Crusader. What does Superman have in common with Batman and why has their relationship been strained over the years?

• What could Superman be without the nagging presence of his alter-ego, Clark Kent? John G. Hemry explains

• Is it possible for Clark and Lois to live happily ever after? Or will a happy ending kill the adventure? Evelyn Vaughn finally gives an answer

• Peter B. Lloyd shows how Superman has morally evolved in a constantly changing world

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