The new book, Extraterrestrials and the American Zeitgeist: Alien Contact Tales since the 1950s is now listed on the publisher’s website and is slated for a Spring/Summer 2013 release. It’s also listed for pre-order on Amazon and B&N. Strange to see it out there.
I’ve seen preliminary versions of the cover and it’s very nice (and includes a cow).
I'm a historian and writer and have taught at Mott Community College in Flint, Michigan since 2006. At Mott, I cover US, World, East Asian, American Military, and Medieval European history as well as serving as a faculty technology consultant in our Professional Development office.
My first book, Extraterrestrials and the American Zeitgeist: Contact Tales since the 1950s was published in May 2013 by McFarland Books.
I also recently wrote the introduction to Posthuman Blues: Dispatches From a World on the Cusp of Terminal Dissolution, a collection of writings by the late Mac Tonnies edited by Paul Kimball for Redstar Books, as well as a chapter in Gillian I. Leitch's Doctor Who In Time and Space which analyzes fan expectations and reactions to both the 1996 Fox tele-movie and the 2005 revival's premier episode.
Next up is The Chaos Conundrum, a collection of essays published by Redstar Books, coming later this year.
