Pax and moral panic

To be honest, I’ve never been this nervous to publish a book. It’s not just the usual “Will the dramaturgy work?” and “Is this really boring?”, but also the frigging subject matter. Suddenly this book has become topical in a way I never thought it would, which has me thinking maybe I should have come to some sort of conclusion about the freedom of expression/artistic responsibility dilemma. Or maybe it’s better that I don’t? I don’t know!

So anyway… yeah, this book is about freedom of expression. And artistic responsibility. And bullying, and moral panic, and heavy metal, and law, and…

Mostly, though, it’s about questioning. I mean, it always is with me, isn’t it? QUESTION EVERYTHING. Don’t rest, don’t take a breath. HAVE QUALMS. So at least I think Cutting Edge looks at the matter from different points of view. I may not have resolved anything with this story, but at least I acknowledged the existence of a dilemma. Perhaps that’s all we really can do.

And the judgment will fall on April 6 (preorder March 24).