The Speed of Clouds - E-book - ePub

The Speed of Clouds is a deep dive into fandom at the turn of the new millennium, and the poignant story of one fan's efforts to find a new way to live life on Earth. Mindy Vogel may need a wheelchair to get around, and she may still be living with her mother, but she travels easily between star systems as SkyLog officer Kat Wanderer, while carrying on a romance with a strangely compelling cyborg.
And she runs a kickass fanzine. But after a split with her own fan club, Mindy starts to lose her bearings, and her mother's affair with a sleazy comics dealer threatens her home. Faced with so many disruptions, Mindy must re-imagine her life. Set at the moment when fandom went digital, this expansive novel finds room for Buckminster Fuller, the Ghost Dance of the Lakota, and cosmic-themed installation art alongside the fanfic, Cons, and cosplay of fan culture. "Blends quiet and deeply human moments with the world-shaking consequences of epic science fiction, effortlessly weaving them together." -A.
C. Wise, author of Wendy, Darling "A heartbreaking yet uplifting exploration of fandom, of universal truths revealed by imaginary universes, and of the astonishing power of human invention and reinvention." -Jon McGoran, author of Spliced, Spiked, and Splintered "Spot-on about how the dynamics of a show like SkyLog offers a way to understand the even-more-elusive dynamics of adult life. Most of all, in Mindy, Seidel has created a heroine who pushes through her personal and physical obstacles, and surprises both the reader and herself." -Simone Zelitch, author of Judenstaat, Waveland, and Louisa