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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Inventing Old Women
Reading Ursula K. Le Guin: “I am not sure that anybody has invented old women yet; but it might be worth trying.”
(The quote is the last line from her essay “Introducing Myself” in The Wave in the Mind, from Shambala Press, 2004.)
The World of Steam
I’m helping fund The World of Steam‘s Kickstarter project. Their proposed series of steampunk episodes intrigues me.
Science Fiction Short Story Contest for UC Students
Here’s an announcement that might interest those of you who write science fiction and are students at the University of California. (I’ve copied the text from an email that the contest sent.)
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The Fourth Student Science Fiction Short Story Contest
Chaired by Nalo Hopkinson
First prize: $750
Second prize: $500
Open to full-time undergraduate and graduate students in the University of California system
Deadline: Submissions must be sent no later than December 7, 2012.
Requirements:
- Subject: Stories must be recognizable as Speculative Fiction, which can include science fiction, fantasy, horror or utopian/dystopian literature.
- Length: Stories must not exceed 6000 words.
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For further information, see http://eatonconference.ucr.edu/contest.html
Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome
Gonna watch this on YouTube.