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Light On Light Through

You'll hear a little of this and lot of that on Light On Light Through - my reviews of great television series and movies, my interviews with authors and creative media people and their interviews of me, my media theory and political commentary, thoughts about my favorite cars and food and space travel, discussions of my music, and a few of my readings from my science fiction stories. In the first years, starting in 2006, I put up a new episode at least once a month.  More recently, it became more or less often than once a month, usually less often.  But in the Summer of 2020, I began getting more in the mood to podcast, and on 17 October 2023, I began publishing a new episode of the podcast every Tuesday at 12:01 pm -- a minute after Noon (New York time).  - Paul Levinson 

24 October 2021: Interview about Light On Light Through podcast

26 December 2023: Chuck Todd interviews Paul Levinson about Alternate Realities on The Chuck Toddcast  

The Best Novel You Never Heard Of

Aug 19, 2007

It's by Dave Michaels.

And you never heard of him, right?

He published a novel, in the year 2000, entitled Red Moon (not to be confused with Michael Cassutt's novel of same name published around the same time). Cassutt's novel is good.  Dave Michael's is among the best 3 or 4 novels I've ever read, period.

The...


True Confession: Why I Would Never Write Under a Pseudonym

Aug 19, 2007

As some of you know, I write both fiction and non-fiction.  I try to do as much damage as possible.

To some extent, I lead two separate lives as an author.  There are many people who know me only or primarily as a science fiction writer, and many who know me mostly as an author of books on the history, evolution, and...


Best Advice to Writers: Take a Hike!

Aug 19, 2007

The single most frequent question I get as a writer is not where I get my ideas or how does an author find a publisher - though those two questions are certainly high on the list.

But the most popular question is: what do I do, what kind of physical or mental activity do I recommend, to encourage or facilitate...