Recent Posts on R-SPEC's Google Group
Recent posts to our Google Group. Please feel free to join in the discussion!
R-Spec is meeting Tuesday the first or Wednesday 2nd? I can't remember if
you moved it to Wednesday. I am ostensibly talking....
or not... lol
sarah
you moved it to Wednesday. I am ostensibly talking....
or not... lol
sarah
Tuesday -- tomorrow. We never move it because right now we can only get the
room on the first Tuesday.
Everything good? I'll check with Dave H to make sure they can bring screen
& projector, I have told everyone you're starting at 7:30, I'll be there by
7 at the latest to help set up.
room on the first Tuesday.
Everything good? I'll check with Dave H to make sure they can bring screen
& projector, I have told everyone you're starting at 7:30, I'll be there by
7 at the latest to help set up.
Thanks, be there 7... ;)
Next month's R-SPEC meeting will be a "thieves' night" (a.k.a., "what can
we steal from these great stories?").
Craig deLancey advocated strongly for Gibson's "In the Winter Market." This
is a relatively early piece; it's both stylistically and thematically
powerful, and brings a perspective to the 'uploaded brain' trope that I
we steal from these great stories?").
Craig deLancey advocated strongly for Gibson's "In the Winter Market." This
is a relatively early piece; it's both stylistically and thematically
powerful, and brings a perspective to the 'uploaded brain' trope that I
"The Winter Market" is short, friends, and so a quick read -- five
minutes and you're done.
minutes and you're done.
If anyone knows of a podcast of it, please post it.
Pirates have posted it, of course. We scoff that and so will not
point at:
Hello,
If you write science fiction, fantasy, or horror, you might be
interested in the Odyssey Writing Workshop. The 2012 workshop will be
held from June 11th to July 20th at Saint Anselm College in
Manchester, New Hampshire. Odyssey provides a great opportunity to
improve your writing and receive feedback from editors and authors.
If you write science fiction, fantasy, or horror, you might be
interested in the Odyssey Writing Workshop. The 2012 workshop will be
held from June 11th to July 20th at Saint Anselm College in
Manchester, New Hampshire. Odyssey provides a great opportunity to
improve your writing and receive feedback from editors and authors.
Just a reminder that, as usual, there will be NO MEETING IN DECEMBER.
January will be "first pages" readings. I'll send out a more forward-worth
reminder of that in a few days, but for the mean time , think about people
who'd be interested. E.g., I just posted on the NaNoWriMo regional forum.
January will be "first pages" readings. I'll send out a more forward-worth
reminder of that in a few days, but for the mean time , think about people
who'd be interested. E.g., I just posted on the NaNoWriMo regional forum.
January's R-SPEC meeting will be our quarterly speculative fiction open
mic, where you can read the first two pages (about 500 words) of anything
you're working on (as long as it's something you can read in public). We'll
open the floor after every reading for BRIEF, CONSTRUCTIVE feedback.
Please forward this invitation to anyone you think might be interested.
mic, where you can read the first two pages (about 500 words) of anything
you're working on (as long as it's something you can read in public). We'll
open the floor after every reading for BRIEF, CONSTRUCTIVE feedback.
Please forward this invitation to anyone you think might be interested.
Tom Whittemore passed away in the night between Tuesday and Wednesday. He'd
been sick for a long time, getting sicker, mostly as complications of his
diabetes. We haven't had a message to the group about this; the news has
been passing around since very early yesterday, but I wanted to make sure
everyone in the group heard.
been sick for a long time, getting sicker, mostly as complications of his
diabetes. We haven't had a message to the group about this; the news has
been passing around since very early yesterday, but I wanted to make sure
everyone in the group heard.
Thanks for the quote, Eric -- I could actually hear Tom's voice when I read
that.
that.
Just got the following from Alicia: "The wake will be from 1 to 4 pm
Saturday at Boldos with food and drink. Well be taking up a collection to
cover an obituary for him....We'll have a photo of him for folks to sign.
We'll give that to his stepmother with his ashes when she comes to town
next from Florida."
Saturday at Boldos with food and drink. Well be taking up a collection to
cover an obituary for him....We'll have a photo of him for folks to sign.
We'll give that to his stepmother with his ashes when she comes to town
next from Florida."
I knew Tom for a very long time, from when he was first a student in a writing workshop of mine, young and healthy. He could be very funny. I remember at some party, after he'd had a few drinks, he said to me, "I've been reading your writing, Nancy." (There wasn't very much of it at this point!) He said, "You're good, but why are your stories so damn grim?" It became a joke between us ("There she is, the Grim One") for, literally, decades. Eric is right; he was one of the best critiquers I have ever met. Tom was both a sociable person and an intensely private one. He's the first of our Rochester SF group to die, and he will be missed. I wish I could attend the wake.
I'm so very very sorry to hear this. Thank you, Eric, for letting us know.
Sarah
Sarah
This is really sad. It seems so unfair the way things happen. I lost my
best friend to cancer two years ago today (February 9, 2012). He had a
brain tumor. He was a health fanatic, constantly watching his diet, yet he
developed cancer.
I hope the end was peaceful for Tom. I lost three friends in a 26 month
best friend to cancer two years ago today (February 9, 2012). He had a
brain tumor. He was a health fanatic, constantly watching his diet, yet he
developed cancer.
I hope the end was peaceful for Tom. I lost three friends in a 26 month
The more I think about this thread and the article, the more interesting
this whole thing is getting. I'm trying to recall a section of one of
Neal Stephenson's novels, maybe Snow Crash (too tired and cold-ridden to
go digging right now), where some characters immerse themselves in a
kind of hive-semiconsciousness in a community built around that idea.
this whole thing is getting. I'm trying to recall a section of one of
Neal Stephenson's novels, maybe Snow Crash (too tired and cold-ridden to
go digging right now), where some characters immerse themselves in a
kind of hive-semiconsciousness in a community built around that idea.
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Jason Olshefsky
I used to have such a thing, in fact. It was an application that ran on my
Archos PDA. It was text-mode only because the Archos didn't have a native
web browser (had to install Opera), so it used Lynx. At that time (6+ years
ago) I had to do an apt get to install it, but the install clearly could
I used to have such a thing, in fact. It was an application that ran on my
Archos PDA. It was text-mode only because the Archos didn't have a native
web browser (had to install Opera), so it used Lynx. At that time (6+ years
ago) I had to do an apt get to install it, but the install clearly could
Hi,
I just registered my son and myself to 2012 Worldcon in Chicago
([link]). Is there anyone who is interested in going
there? It will be from August 30-Sept.3, 2012, and Sept. 3 (Monday) is
the Labor Day.
Note that the current registeration fee ($175 for adults) will apply
[link]
Here's an amusing article about automated book writing, complete with
how essential human authors are to robo wiki-harvesting.
Alicia
Here's an amusing article about automated book writing, complete with
how essential human authors are to robo wiki-harvesting.
Alicia
I am not a robot. I am a unicorn.
Dave Henn
Dave.H...@gmail.com
Dave Henn
Dave.H...@gmail.com
