"John Teton's new novel, UPSURGE--which continues the terrifying, yet hopeful, saga begun in his first book, APPEARING LIVE AT THE FINAL TEST--is both a wholly origional science fiction drama of unparalleled vision and a blueprint for creating a better and more humane future for generations to come." 
                                                                                                                                            Lucille Lang Day
                                                                                     Author, INFINITIES: POEMS and WILD ONE: POEMS

“UPSURGE is a great, evocative, thought-provoking book...an engaging and personal drama that takes us on a voyage of inner discovery of moral and scientific transformation”
                                                                       Tyler Volk, Associate Professor of Biology, New York University
                                  Author, GAIA’S BODY: TOWARD A PHYSIOLOGY OF EARTH and METAPATTERNS

“UPSURGE, like its predecessor, APPEARING LIVE AT THE FINAL TEST, proves again that literary realism can hold its own when interwoven with fantasy elements, even those as wild and original as those in these books. 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 for the duration. With their different times and settings, a read of either novel alone is wholly rewarding, yet the subtle interconnections revealed by completing the set adds a dimension of awe to each.”
                                                                                                     Debo Kotun, Producer, Pacifica Radio Network
                                                                                                                                               Author, ABIKU

“A rare treat…John Teton brings to life a family in crisis—a father on the verge of an earth-shattering scientific discovery, a mother approaching childbirth, and a teenage daughter who runs away when she becomes overwhelmed with despair about poverty and hunger—a theme that runs throughout the book. UPSURGE brings real family dynamics and real politics together in great science fiction.”
                                                           Eric R. A. N. Smith, Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies
                                                                                                                 University of California, Santa Barbara
                                                                      Author, ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND PUBLIC OPINION

“An artful blend of well crafted science fiction, revealing social criticism, and a thoroughly engaging love story, John Teton’s UPSURGE will strike an immediate chord with anyone who has experienced outrage at the persistence of hunger in the midst of potential abundance…At once a sci-fi fantasy and a thoroughly engrossing love story of family relationships, this book …raises fundamental questions about the fate of humanity and entertains at the same time. Bravo!”
                                             Janet Poppendieck, Professor of Sociology, Hunter College, City College of New York
                                    Author, SWEET CHARITY? EMERGENCY FOOD AND THE END OF ENTITLEMENT