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News about R-SPEC members (upcoming publications, honors, appearances, etc.).

Book Event: Fairport Public Library's Festive Book Fair

Submitted by eDave on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 13:09

This Saturday, 4 December 2010, the Fairport Public Library will be holding a Festive Book Fair from 2pm-4pm. There will be local authors

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2034 Launch Event

Submitted by eDave on Wed, 07/21/2010 - 13:01

Please join us as we officially launch R-SPEC/R-SPEC Press' first book, 2034: Writing Rochester's Futures.

When & where: 4pm Saturday, 31 July 2010, at Mood Makers Books in Village Gate [map]. Invite anyone who's interested in books, Rochester, or the future!

Nebula Award Nominees (2009 - presented in 2010) including links to stories

Submitted by eDave on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 22:15

The Nebula Awards Nominees are out there, and we include links to the nominees where availble. Nancy Kress is among the authors of the nominated works. Click the title for the list.

Member Nancy Kress on EscapePod 20090924 - #217

Submitted by eDave on Mon, 10/12/2009 - 14:51

Member and Award Winning Author Nancy Kress has another story on EscapePod. Her short story, The Kindness of Strangers, is featured in 217th episode from September. Click the title for the link.

Member Nancy Kress on EscapePod

Submitted by eDave on Wed, 06/10/2009 - 09:24

Member and Award Winning Author Nancy Kress has a story on EscapePod this month. Her short story, Patent Infringement, is featured in the first release of the month as a Flash - a short short. Click the title for the link.

Member Craig DeLancey in June 2009 Analog

Submitted by eDave on Sun, 03/29/2009 - 20:17

Member Craig DeLancey has not only a story in the latest issue of Analog, but also a bio with a photo! Click the title to read more.

Member Craig DeLancey's Play BUILD to be performed at Geva

Submitted by eDave on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 09:07

Member Craig DeLancey posted news that his new full-length play, BUILD, will get a staged reading at Geva Nextstage on Monday May 4, starting at 6:00 p.m. and running till about 8:00 p.m.  Group's Google calendar More information by clicking the post title.

Member Dana Paxson's work reviewed

Submitted by eDave on Fri, 03/06/2009 - 06:54

Member Dana Paxson posted some good news about his developing story telling technology, Electronic Literary Macrame (ELM). His wife found an extensive blog entry about ELM and the proof of concept work, Descending Road. Congratulations, Dana!

 

Member Nancy Kress in April/May 2009 Asimov's

Submitted by eDave on Fri, 03/06/2009 - 01:02

Nancy Kress is again featured in Asimov's with her short story, Exegesis. Congratulations, Nancy!

"A New Hollywood, A New Marylin" by Craig DeLancey

Submitted by melvin on Wed, 08/08/2007 - 11:51

The setting of our story: New Hollywood.

As if Hollywood could ever be other than new. They should have named it, "Another Hollywood." Or, better yet, "More Hollywood." Hollywood never grows, it never moves or evolves; it’s everywhere, all the time. Once you are in, there is no outside.

You may be thinking: Marilyn grew old, Bogart died of cancer, Schwarzenegger finally got weak. I too suffered from this confusion once. But think it through: someone named "Marilyn" died young, the necessity of a biological script -- but this death was incidental, as was her body, her individual mind. It’s the films that we know, that we refer to, that we care about. The thing that died -- it was just a fleshy shadow, obscured always by the more concrete cosmos of images, by the virtual and eternal (and so, most real) world of light and pictures.

I should know. I’m a Marilyn.