The recent intrusion of the current culture war into the sphere of Science Fiction has drawn the attention of people beyond fandom. One such person is author Ruth Johnston. Known previously for her excellent scholarly works on Beowulf and the Middle Ages, she has more recently turned her efforts to a fascinating new book that takes a fresh look at the work of psychologist Carl Jung.

In fact everything is inconceivable to the human mind (if only because it exists) but not many people notice this.

His eye dwelt with insatiable avidity upon the beauteous Orb.

Two coral lips were visible, ripe, fresh, and melting, and a Chin in whose dimples seemed to lurk a thousand Cupids.

Twin brothers, and doubles generally, must not appear unless we have been duly prepared for them.

You spend your time listening to Bach, playing God at school and covertly working for your stepfather, a ruthless financial heavyweight.

She seems to have reverted to an earlier, more ferretlike incarnation.

King Lear would have killed it in Silicon Valley.

In 1734, in Scotland, a 23-year-old was falling apart.

If the Duke repairs himself to the point where he can start feeding again, complex life will be history.