Help the Kickstarter for a novel I wrote?

[Mechphisto]

Hello!
I wrote a SF novel that forwards Marxian theory (but without any of the jargon), geared toward the average SF reader. Hoping to do for leftist thought what Heinlein did for libertarianism.

Well, I started a Kickstarter to help fund the publication of it, and need to get the word out. So, here's the word. :)
But I could also use suggestions on where else I can post to, that would be appropriate and not spammy.

The project is on Kickstarter.com, searchable under "Singularity Deferred".

The description there doesn't focus on the leftist content much, because I don't want to scare off the average reader, but it's very critical of modern capitalism (actually, that's becoming a lot more common in mainstream media the last year or two!) and the cultural logic that supports it. And promotes anarcho-syndaclism as a possible answer.

Anyway, if anyone is interested is helping support it, I'd appreciate it! But mostly, if you could spread the word and let me know of other places I can promote it, I'd actually appreciate that even more.

Thanks!!Liam

[Kotze]

book website (http://www.tragic-sans.com/stories/singularity-deferred/)
kickstarter page (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1696794878/singularity-deferred-a-novel)

Could you elaborate a bit what/who inspired that work with regards to
-economics/politics
-sciency science stuff
-storytelling
?

Does it pass the Bechdel test?

Here's an idea for financing btw: You could auction off some names that appear in the novel, like this:
Mitch Creek phasorlazered [WINNER'S NAME HERE] right in the balls.

[Mechphisto]

Thanks for the questions!


Could you elaborate a bit what/who inspired that work with regards to
-economics/politics
-sciency science stuff
-storytelling
?

First and foremost, Dr. William Burling, the English prof who introduced me to Marxist criticism, the Frankfurt school, Critical Theory, etc.
Beyond that: I have to say I'm still very much a poli-sci newbie, and am still learning, but most of my influences are Fredric Jameson, Baurillard, the Frankfurt guys: Adorno, Barthes, Benjamin, as well as Donna Haraway, and Negri and Hardt.

Sciencey? Carl Sagan, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Greene.

Storytelling: Steven Brust! Kim Stanley Robinson, Stephen King, Cory Doctorow were all major influences for this novel--especially Brust and Doctorow.


Does it pass the Bechdel test?

Good question! ...probably? It's tough to say because it's written in the 1st-person, so every conversation that happens in the novel generally includes the protagonist, who's a male. So, technically, no, it doesn't pass.

That said, aside from the specific conversations the protagonist and the "female lead" have about their relationship, pretty much every conversation that involves a woman is about technology, politics, socio-economics, the action at-hand. The women characters in the book are leaders of communities and rebels, bad-guy military captains and ship captains. In retrospect, I don't believe there's a single woman in the story who's seen to be subservient to anyone or exists to be some male's foil.


Here's an idea for financing btw: You could auction off some names that appear in the novel, like this:
Mitch Creek phasorlazered [WINNER'S NAME HERE] right in the balls.

Heh, not quite sure what you mean, but it sounds funny. :) I do have as a Kickstarter incentive to name a couple of characters.

[Mechphisto]

Oh, and thanks for posting links!
The sample that's available, I'm afraid, gets the plot going. The real socio-political meat doesn't really get going until the 2nd third of the book.