UPSURGE

by John Teton

UPSURGE blends contemporary realism, psychological fantasy, politics, and science fiction in telling of a visionary scientist, his pregnant wife (a school teacher and former actress), and their teenaged daughter, whose dreams and fears about the world's future lead her to become trapped in a hidden, fantastic, and frightening place. "a wholly original science fiction drama of unparalleled vision and a blueprint for a more humane future" -Lucille Lang Day, Author, INFINITIES and WILD ONE"UPSURGE brings real family dynamics and real politics together in great science fiction." -Prof. Eric R. A. N. Smith, University of California, Santa Barbara Author, ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND PUBLIC OPINION "Teton's characters and their emotional complexities are so firmly established early on that by the time readers are transported to his dizzying alternate realities, we're hooked "-Debo Kotun, Producer, Pacifica Radio Network; Author, ABIKU "a great, evocative, thought-provoking book an engaging and personal drama that takes us on a voyage of inner discovery" -Prof. Tyler Volk, New York University; Author, GAIA'S TOWARD A PHYSIOLOGY OF EARTH "At once a sci-fi fantasy and a thoroughly engrossing love story " -Prof. Janet Poppendieck, City College of New York; Author, SWEET CHARITY?

300 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2006

About the author

John Teton was born in Chicago and earned degrees from Harvard and the San Francisco Art Institute. He has directed the international film festival prize-winning short films "Thunder Head Clearing" and "B’raesheet" and produced the cosmology film program "Visions at T Minus Zero." He is the author of the novels "The Book of Geezer," "Appearing Live at The Final Test, "Upsurge, and "ELEVATION: The Cave Logs of New Hale, Tibet." He directs the campaign for the International Food Security Treaty (IFST), which arose from notes for Upsurge. He has presented the IFST at many events for major universities, United States Congressional briefings, and the 2015 United Nations Conference on World Food Security, and has written numerous articles on the Treaty including "On the Origin of a Hunger-Free Species" for the Harvard International Review and "The Armless Hand" for the Yale Journal of International Affairs. He and his wife, Jennifer, are the parents of three and live in Oregon.