Happy new year! To start 2021 on a positive note, I’m sharing with you two things. The first is a word you might not have heard of: superversive. What does it mean? Urban Dictionary defines it as: “Nurturing; supportive, building up–opposite of subversive.”
Like subversive, superversive can be a noun or an adjective. When applied to literature, it means writing that inspires and uplifts. In an excellent blog post, Author Russell Newquist details what makes a story superversive:
Heroes who are actually heroic.
People are basically good.
Good wins.
True love is real.
Beauty is real.
The transcendent is awesome.
Family is good and important.
Civilization is better than barbarism.
Strength, courage, honor, beauty, truth, sacrifice, spirituality, and humility are virtues.
There is hope.
Each of my current books–Dragontamer’s Daughters, Lost Dogs, and This Wasted Land–is superversive, and I discuss them in the second item I’ll share with you today, an interview with me on author Richard Paolinelli’s blog. Take a look, and feel free to let me know what you think in the comments.
Kenton Kilgore writes killer SF/F for young adults and adults who are still young. Follow Kenton on Facebook for frequent posts on sci-fi, fantasy, and other speculative fiction. You can also catch him on Instagram.