About Me

My novel The Silk Code won the 2000 Locus Award for Best First Novel.  I've since published Borrowed Tides (2001),  The Consciousness Plague (2002), The Pixel Eye (2003), and The Plot
To Save Socrates  (2006).  My science fiction and mystery short stories have been nominated for Nebula, Hugo, Edgar, and  Sturgeon Awards.  My eight nonfiction books, including  The Soft Edge (1997),  Digital  McLuhan (1999),  Realspace (2003), and Cellphone (2004), have been the subject of major articles in the New York Times,  Wired, the Christian Science Monitor, and have been translated into nine languages. I appear on "The O'Reilly Factor" (Fox News),  "The CBS Evening News," "Scarborough Country" (MSNBC),  the "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" (PBS), "Nightline" (ABC) and numerous national and  international TV and radio programs.  I'm interviewed about media issues every Sunday, 7:15am, on KNX1070 Radio in Southern California.  I'm Professor and Chair of  Communication & Media Studies at  Fordham University in New York City.

home page: www.sff.net/people/paullevinson
blog: www.paullevinson.blogspot.com
videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/user/PLev20062006
podcast: lightonlightthrough.com

Best Firsts: Science Fiction Novels

There's something wonderful and magical about first novels - sometimes they turn out to be the author's best work, sometimes the worst, but I find them always interesting.  They offer a look at authors before they become famous, jaded, discourag...

Levinson's novels

I have five in print, so far, and am writing a few more, even as we speak ... So far, they're science fiction - with some mystery, historical, etc threads mixed in.  One won a major award, all have been reviewed all over the place.  You can...

Lev podcasts and blogs

I currently have 4 podcasts and 2 blogs - these are described in the links module below - and I'll likely add more.  The subjects range from and include popular culture, new techs, television, movies, Wikipedia, science fictiion, music, politics...

Levinson's books on media

these have been reviewed in the NY Times, Wired - I talk about them in my tv and radio appearances - tell me what you think of them

favorite teas

I drink about 7-8 cups of tea a day - all kinds of green tea, white tea, and black teas, sometimes with milk, honey, or sugar, usually caffeinated (but not always), more likely hot than cold, but I love iced tea, too.  In this lens I'll be...