Philosofiction

Steve Bein, writer & philosopher

Find all of the Fated Blades novels at Powell's, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Audible, or from your favorite neighborhood bookstore.

The final chapter of the saga of the Fated Blades is the novella Streaming Dawn, an e-book exclusive available for any platform.

 

Work

Novels & Novellas

  • Disciple of the Wind: Book Three of the Fated Blades | Roc 2015

  • Disciple of the Wind | audiobook | Audible 2015

  • Streaming Dawn: A Story of the Fated Blades | 2015

  • Year of the Demon: Book Two of the Fated Blades | Roc 2013

  • Year of the Demon | audiobook | Audible 2013

  • Only a Shadow | audiobook | Audible 2013

  • Daughter of the Sword | audiobook | Audible 2012

  • Daughter of the Sword: Book One of the Fated Blades | Roc 2012

  • Only a Shadow: A Story of the Fated Blades | Roc 2012

Short Stories 

  • The Most Important Thing in the World | in The Time Traveler’s Almanac, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer | Tor | 2013

  • The Most Important Thing in the World (Russian translation) | Esli magazine | 2011

  • The Most Important Thing in the World | Asimov's Science Fiction | March 2011

  • Odin’s Spear (Russian translation) | Esli no. 3 (181) | 2008

  • Odin’s Spear | Interzone Science Fiction and Fantasy issue 213 | 2007

  • Datacide (Russian translation) | Esli no. 10 (164) | 2006

  • Datacide | Asimov’s Science Fiction vol. 30 nos. 4 & 5 | 2006

  • Beautiful Singer | L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future vol XIX | Galaxy Press | 2003

Fun Stuff in Philosophy 

  • Nobody Rescues Droids: Rebels on Race and Racism | in Star Wars and Philosophy Strikes Back, edited by Kevin S. Decker and Jason T. Eberl | Wiley | Forthcoming

  • That Which Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Shai-Hulud: Self-Overcoming in Nietzsche, Hinduism, and Dune | in Dune and Philosophy, edited by Kevin S. Decker | Wiley | Forthcoming

  • Transforming Wakanda: Justice (Or Not?) in Black Panther | with Deana Lewis | in Black Panther and Philosophy, edited by Edwardo Pérez and Timothy E. Brown | Wiley | 2022

  • Frank Miller’s Batman as Philosophy: The World Only Makes Sense When You Force It To | in Palgrave’s Handbook of Popular Culture as Philosophy, edited by David Kyle Johnson | Palgrave | 2020

  • The "Gently Socratic Inquiry” of Fred Rogers | with Ben Lukey | in Mr. Rogers and Philosophy, edited by Eric J. Mohr and Holly K. Mohr | Open Court | 2019

  • Ode to Joi | in Blade Runner 2049 and Philosophy, edited by Robin Bunce and Trip McCrossin | Open Court | 2019

  • Zen and the Art of Imagineering: Disney’s Escapism vs. Buddhism’s Liberation | in Disney and Philosophy, edited by Richard Davis | Wiley | 2019

  • The Brick, the Plate, and the Uncarved Block: LEGO as an Expression of Dao | in LEGO and Philosophy, edited by Sondra Bacharach and Roy Cook | Wiley | 2017

  • Can a Warrior Care? Wonder Woman and the Improbable Intersection of Care Ethics and Bushido | in Wonder Woman and Philosophy, edited by Jacob Held | Wiley | 2017

  • Make It So: Kant, Confucius, and the Prime Directive | in The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy, edited by Kevin S. Decker and Jason T. Eberl | Wiley | 2016