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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 17h

Reading these back to back was a very good choice, as #PennyZang is responding to #SylviaPlath. Very meaningful reads. 📚 #Books #Bookstodon #TheBellJar #DollParts #DarkAcademia

Pictured are the spines of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar and Penny Zang’s Doll Parts together on a bookshelf.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast (Episode 789), I offer some suggestions of new books that are perfect for the #Halloween season. #Books #Bookstodon #OctoberReading #SFF #Gothic #LyndsayFaye #ElizabethHand […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Pictured are three 2026 hardback books set against a brick background. The books include Raven by Lyndsay Faye, Unspeakable Things by Elizabeth Hand, and Mystery Play by Elizabeth Kostova.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa #podcast (Episode 787), I wish #StarTrek a happy 60th birthday and give a peek at my research on #Enterprise (and specifically the subversive character arc of #MalcolmReed) […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Actor Dominic Keating looking thoughtful and pensive while portraying Malcolm Reed on Enterprise.

The title page of Amy H. Sturgis essay "Beyond the Wilds and the Waves: Reevaluating Archer, the Armory, and Enterprise," Chapter 3 of Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier.

The cover of the academic anthology Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier with artwork depicting a colorful spacescape.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

I’ve been looking forward to the second novel in the #Andor prequel trilogy Reign of the Empire, and it is out today: Edge of the Abyss by #RebeccaRoanhorse! #StarWars

Rebecca Roanhorse’s novel Edge of the Abyss, with artwork that spotlights, among others, Saw Gerrera, Mon Mothma, and Bail Organa (with young Leia), is shown against a backdrop of an Andor poster.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

I took this photo at the DreamMore at Dollywood in 2019, when the Appalachian College Association was meeting there. The Queen is gone, and this is a day of mourning. Her artistry was matched only by her humanitarianism. Over the years she partnered with […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

A wall of Dolly Parton album covers at DreamMore.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

For your Monday vibes, The Hanged Man from four fandom #Tarot decks (representing #StarWars, #TheLordOfTheRings, #StarTrek, and #DoctorWho).

Photo of The Hanged Man card from four fandom Tarot decks (with Obi-Wan Kenobi representing Star Wars, Gollum representing The Lord of the Rings, Mr. Spock representing Star Trek, and the War Doctor representing Doctor Who).

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa podcast (Episode 785), I remember the unforgettable #SamNeill and his many contributions to genre storytelling. #ScienceFiction #SFF #Horror

Sam Neill in a padded cell in the Lovecraftian film In the Mouth of Madness.

Sam Neill looking intense in the science fiction-horror film Event Horizon.

Sam Neill donning a fedora in the apocalyptic science fiction epic Until the End of the World.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

I'm happy to report that I have two upcoming stand-alone modules scheduled for late fall 2026 #online with the adult continuing education program at #SignumUniversity. November 2026: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by #ShirleyJackson Info […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Graphic announcing the "We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson" module from Signum University's online EverLearn program. The image shows a black cat in tall grass, observing everything.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026

On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa podcast (Episode 783), I remember #AnthonyStewartHead, his many contributions to genre storytelling, and in particular his pathbreaking series #VR5. #ScienceFiction #SFF #AnthonyHead […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

The cast of VR.5, including Anthony Stewart Head, David McCallum, Louise Fletcher, Lori Singer, and Michael Easton.

Anthony Stewart Head wearing glasses and a perplexed expression in Repo! The Genetic Opera.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

The oh-so-politically-relevant The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes reveals that Reaping Day for every Hunger Games in Panem is July 4. May the odds be ever in your favor tomorrow (and always)! #TheHungerGames #SuzanneCollins #DystopianLit

The book quote reads, “This reaping day, like most, was shaping up to be a scorcher. But what else could you expect on July 4th?”

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 13/06/2026

Today marks the 49th anniversary of a terrible crime that hit very close to home. I was young, but I vividly remember the news and its aftermath, and I now realize how it changed my hometown, family, and world forever. I am thinking of so many broken hearts […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Four books are stacked together. Each is a different take on the 1977 Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders. The titles include Tent Number Eight, Someone Cry for the Children, Shattered Justice, and The Usual Suspect.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026

On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa podcast (Episode 780), I discuss the books of #FrankTallis, the series #ViennaBlood, and the phenomenon of #SigmundFreud in #GenreFiction. #ScienceFiction #HistoryOfScience #Mystery […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

A stack of Frank Tallis books, namely the Liebermann Papers novels, with one facing forward showing cover art that notes the adaptation of the novels into the Vienna Blood series starring Jürgen Maurer and Matthew Beard.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026

The book I’m currently teaching (left) and the book I’m currently reading (right). Similar cover vibes. #DarkAcademia #TheSecretHistory #Lucien

Pictured are Donna Tartt’s The Secret History and J.R. Thornton’s Lucien, both books together on a brick path. Both book covers feature Dark Academia vibes with classical busts.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 28/04/2026

“I hope we’re all ready to leave the phenomenal world, and enter into the sublime?” In May 2026 I'll be offering a one-month standalone module on #TheSecretHistory by #DonnaTartt with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Banner for "The Secret History by Donna Tartt: Unpacking the 'WhyDunIt' Mystery" with background art showing a classical marble statue.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 20/04/2026

Yay! My proposal for an academic essay on #Andor and #RogueOne was just accepted for an upcoming anthology on #StarWars and #politics. Rebellions are built on hope! #ForFerrix #ForJedha #Writing #Scholarship

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/04/2026

"New Peadar Ó Guilín Book Day" is always a day worth celebrating. Look at the beauty that just arrived on my step. @TheCallYA's #TheSwordGarden is available from @CherylMorgan's @WTPress. #Bookstodon #SFF

Pictured is the cover of the novel The Sword Garden. The cover art shows a tall obelisk with a ring of bright blue flame like a halo around its peak. Hooded figures surround it, standing under a pink sky, and one hooded figure stands alone in shadow in the foreground.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026

Book mood! Catnip for those who enjoy #DarkAcademia, #CampusMystery, and #DetectiveFiction #novels, especially the delicious vintage stories: Academe in Mystery and Detective Fiction: An Annotated Bibliography by John E. Kramer (2000) and College Mystery […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Pictured are the spines of two hardback books on a shelf: Academe in Mystery and Detective Fiction: An Annotated Bibliography by John E. Kramer (2000) and
College Mystery Novels: An Annotated Bibliography, Including a Guide to Professorial Series-Character Sleuths by John E. Kramer, Jr. and John E. Kramer, III (1983).

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 21/02/2026

These just popped up, and I thought I’d take a photo before the snow begins to fall. More winter is ahead! #bloomscrolling

Little purple flowers amidst green weeds.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 19/02/2026

March will be here soon! I'm delighted to report that in Spring '26 I'll be offering two standalone (but related) modules with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity. Each focuses on an important novel related to […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Banner for "Last Seen Wearing by Hillary Waugh: Discovering a Turning Point in Crime Fiction" with a background of a young woman underwater, reaching out toward shattered glass.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 22/01/2026

On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa podcast (Episode 774), I discuss four recent works about #ScienceFiction that are perfect for your 2026 #TBR. #Biography #History #OctaviaButler #JulesVerne #VintageSF #StarTrek #Books […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Pictured is the 2025 book Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler by Susana M. Morris. The cover art shows the face of Octavia Butler.

Pictured is the 2025 book Jules Verne and the Invention of the Future by Laurence Bergreen. The cover art looks like a retro/vintage Verne scientific romance, complete with balloon, rocket, and submarine.

Pictured is the 2025 book Second Star to the Right: Essays on Leadership in Star Trek, edited by Jason A. Kaufman and Aaron M. Peterson. The artwork shows a spacescape.

Pictured is the 2025 book Space Ships! Ray Guns! Martian Octopods! Interviews with Science Fiction Legends, edited by Richard Wolinsky. The cover art shows a vintage-looking scene of a figure at a massive computer command console.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 18/01/2026

I'm delighted that the latest episode of the #StrangeNewWorlds podcast features an interview with the brilliant Dr. Kristina Šekrst talking about the #linguistics of #Darmok, the subject of her amazing essay in our book #StarTrek: Essays Exploring the Final […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

STAR TREK: ESSAYS EXPLORING THE FINAL FRONTIER from Vernon Press (2023), edited by Amy H. Sturgis and Emily Strand. The cover art is a watercolor painting of a spacescape by Emily Austin.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2026

#StrangerThings #CallForPapers #CFP = Welcome to Hawkins: A Special Issue on Stranger Things Slayage plans a special issue on Stranger Things for publication in late June 2026. dramyhsturgis.tumblr.com/post/80575…

A poster advertising Season 5 of Stranger Things, picturing five of the main characters on bicycles against the red backdrop of the Upside Down.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 05/01/2026

Now confirmed! I am delighted to report that in Spring '26 I'll be offering two standalone (but related) modules with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity. Each focuses on an important novel related to the same […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 31/12/2025

Two of my favorite 5-star reads this year have a great deal to say about authoritarianism, “implicit submission,” resistance, and our shared humanity. I will be thinking about both in 3026: The World of Yesterday (1942) by #StefanZweig (nonfiction) and […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Pictured are two books: The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig and Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 29/12/2025

2025 Wrap-Up: Podcasts Thanks to all of the #podcasts that invited me on this year! My "Looking Back on Genre History" #ScienceFiction segment ran each month on #StarShipSofa. I narrated "The Liar" by #DarcieLittleBadger for Episode 651 of #CastOfWonders […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Pictured is the banner for Cast of Wonders episode 651, with a deck of playing cards showing a queen on top.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 24/12/2025

On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa podcast (Episode 772), I discuss early #Feminist #ScienceFiction utopias and focus on A Few Hours in a Far-Off Age (1883) by #HenriettaDugdale. #Utopia #AustralianLit #Books […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

A black-and-white portrait of reformer, freethinker, and author Henrietta Dugdale as a young woman.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/12/2025

@drahsturgis Thanks to #EddieMuller and #NoirAlley, I’m going to have to add another #December movie to my list above: #CashOnDemand, a tense, gripping film with legends #PeterCushing and #AndreMorrell. An undeservedly underappreciated gem from #Hammer in 1961.

The image is a trailer still from the film Cash on Demand, showing a charming but menacing André Morrell speaking to a shaken Peter Cushing.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 27/11/2025

On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa podcast (Episode 770), I discuss some #ScienceFiction works that describe #YoungAdult protagonists being "played" by "the game," works that set the stage for #TheHungerGames. (This […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Pictured is The Inferior by Peadar Ó Guilín, with the tag line "Read this, and remember why Science Fiction lit your fire in the first place" from DeathRay.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 01/11/2025

On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa podcast (Episode 768), I talk about some #ScienceFiction works that described #YoungAdults being "played" by "the game," works that set the stage for #TheHunger Games. #Dystopia #YA […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Pictured is the novel Invitation to the Game by Monica Hughes (1990), with cover art depicting a teen young woman wearing virtual reality glasses.

The banner for "Looking Back on Genre History with Amy H. Sturgis on StarShipSofa" with retrofuturist artwork showing a rocket in space.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2025

In Spring '26 I'll be offering "Rebellions Are Built On Hope: A #StarWars Series," three one-month modules with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity. Over nearly half a century of storytelling, Star Wars has […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Posters for Rogue One and Andor appear side by side with the words "Rebellions are built on hope" written across them, uniting them, along with the symbol of the Rebel Alliance.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2025

ONE SEAT LEFT! My "#Hangsaman by #ShirleyJackson: Exploring a #Gothic Campus #Mystery" one-month module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity begins tomorrow and runs throughout October. I am so excited to […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Pictured is the opening page of the novel Hangsaman with a Dark Academia pin (showing a classical bust encircled by a snake) resting on it.

Pictured is a Kindle showing Shirley Jackson's Hangsaman, propped against a reproduction of New England headstone illuminated by a candle.

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Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖 @drahsturgis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2025

Happy October! 🎃 On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa podcast (Episode 766), I praise the #Dracula "group read" experience. 🦇 #DailyDracula #ReDracula #BramStoker #Gothic #Books #Bookstodon #SFF Here is the link […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Pictured is the book Dracula Daily resting on a brick walk with a bunch of garlic resting on its open pages.

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