Joseph Neil Schulman (/ˈʃuːlmən/; April 16, 1953 – August 10, 2019) was an American novelist who wrote Alongside Night (published 1979) and The Rainbow Cadenza (published 1983) which both received the Prometheus Award, a libertarian science fiction award. His third novel, Escape from Heaven, was also a finalist for the 2002 Prometheus Award. His fourth and last novel, The Fractal Man, was a finalist for the 2019 Prometheus Award.[1]
Schulman was born in Forest Hills, Queens on April 16, 1953.[2] He was the author of nine other books currently[when?] in print, including a short story collection, Nasty, Brutish, and Short Stories, Stopping Power: Why 70 Million Americans Own Guns, and The Robert Heinlein Interview and Other Heinleiniana.[3]
Schulman was the writer, director, executive producer (along with Nichelle Nichols) of the movie Lady Magdalene's,[6] which was produced by Schulman's own company Jesulu Productions. The movie won three film-festival awards: "Best Cutting Edge Film" at the 2008 San Diego Black Film Festival,[6] "Audience Choice – Feature-Length Narrative Film" at the 2008 Cinema City International Film Festival held on the Universal Hollywood Citywalk,[7] and "Special Jury Prize for Libertarian Ideals" at the 2011 Anthem Film Festival/FreedomFest held at Bally's Las Vegas.[8]
Schulman was a known proponent of the anarchist philosophy agorism, which was developed by Samuel Edward Konkin III.[14] Though originally a supporter of the War on Terror, he was opposed to U.S. military occupations or operations in the Middle East.[15] Schulman also supported free trade and was against tariffs.[16]
^"Alongside Night". www.tugg.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
^"Alongside Night Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack: Kevin Sorbo, Christian Kramme, Reid Cox, Said Faraj, Jake Busey, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Gary Graham, Eric Colton, Sam Sorbo, Mara Marini, Valence Thomas, J. Neil Schulman, Austin Petersen, J. Kent Hastings, Kevin Latchford, Mark Gilvary: Movies & TV". Amazon. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
^J. Neil Schulman (October 16, 2012). "A/U: The Agorist Two-Tiered Strategy". Agorist.com. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
^J. Neil Schulman (March 9, 2010). "J. Neil Schulman on War". Agorist.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
^J. Neil Schulman (May 14, 2019). "Tariffs". Agorist.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
^"Amazon.com search for J. Neil Schulman". www.amazon.com.
^Schulman, J. Neil (24 May 2018). The Fractal Man eBook: J. Neil Schulman: Kindle Store. Steve Heller. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
^Origitent: Why Original Content Is Property – Kindle edition by J. Neil Schulman, Wendy McElroy, Samuel Edward Konkin III, Stephan Kinsella, Steve Heller. Politics & Social Sciences Kindle eBooks @. Retrieved 2019-08-12.