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KERRY L. SCHAEFER |
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Kerry L. Schaefer is a delightful person who for many years was very active in Sime~Gen fandom,
including being editor of Ambrov Zeor (the first S~G fanzine) from 1986 to 1996. Kerry also wrote
The Only Good Sime,
a compilation of the wonderful series of Frevven stories that were
published in Ambrov Zeor. Printed copies can be obtained from
Keon Emporium.
See more original works at
Kerry's Home Page,
or make contact by
EMail.
And now, a long-awaited article tells of this fascinating person's adventures in recent years.
Read it at
Update from the Author of the Frevven Stories.
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THE WORKS OF KERRY L. SCHAEFER |
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WALLS OF ANCIENT STONE
Have you ever wanted to read exclusively about aliens, without even the obligatory human presence most authors feel compelled to include? Do sexually-unorthodox aliens appeal to you? Then perhaps you'd like to share the adventures of a rillenu named Daveeka, a childless male of a race of marsupials where only females and Fathers are of any consequence. He starts out wanting nothing more than the child that will bring him honor and respect, but ends up undermining the walls of tradition and assumption that form the basis of his society. You can see a synopsis of the novel at: EBooks Synopsis |
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BY JACQUELINE LICHTENBERG Here you have Kerry's first (I think) attempt to introduce the readers of Ambrov Zeor to Frevven, the nearsighted Channel who often zlins to augment his vision. As I helped Kerry develop this character, he became an integral part of the official History of the Sime~Gen Universe -- he is the last of the disjunct Channels to be trained to work as a Channel and the last to be allowed to work as a Channel. By studying his life from his point of view, you may come to understand why the Tecton (where a lot of the voters are Sime, and the biggest influence is the Channels and Donors) decided not to train disjunct or semi-junct Channels and to bar them from working as Channels -- which consigns them to an early death by Tecton standards of life-expectancy if not by junct society's standards of life-expectancy. Of course, for the real depths of the matter to be made clear, we still must meet a disjunct Channel who lives out his/her life under the Modern Tecton and gradually comes to agree with this essentially political decree. And then there is the matter of the Channel who takes First Transfer from another Channel rather than from a Donor. Kerry has chosen to focus closely on the last of the disjunct Channels to work in the Tecton, and any subsequent examination of this topic must take Frevven's life into account, for much of the legal structure the Tecton developed subsequently rests on these historically recorded events. |
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AMBROV ZEOR #13 |
Opening story in a series about Frevven Aylmeer, one of the last disjunct channels to be trained by the Tecton. Frevven is sent on an out-T assignment where he encounters a particularly vicious offshoot of the Church of the Purity |
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AMBROV ZEOR #14 |
Frevven is summoned back in-T after breaking the Tecton's rule about keeping sex and transfer separate with V'lissa, a rather determined and unconventional young lady who ends up pregnant. Before leaving, he and V'lis have to clarify their relationship and deal with a berserker. |
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AMBROV ZEOR #15 |
Frevven comes to terms with the fact that he has certain talents for dealing with semi-juncts and youngsters attempting to disjunct, even though he wishes it wasn't so. V'lis gives birth to their daughter, Valthea. |
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AMBROV ZEOR #17 |
After V'lissia runs away to the Distect, taking Valthea with her, Frevven must put his own hurt aside and deal with a young Sime who is not doing well in her efforts at disjunction. |
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AMBROV ZE0R #18 |
When Frevven is taken prisoner by Distect terrorists some years later, he is once again reunited with his daughter. Together, they plot their escape. |
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AMBROV ZEOR #19 |
This is the last of the Frevven stories. Frevven sacrifices his own life for the future. |
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AZ CZ #5 |
A novel-length compilation of the Frevven stories. |
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If the Tecton was so dead set against using Disjunct Channels, how did Frevven manage to get trained in the first place? It wouldn't have happened without help from Householding Chanel. Here is that story, as told by Marge Robbins and Kerry Schaefer. |
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Aran, Sectuib in Chanel, has to chose between obeying Tecton rules or honoring his Oath to Chanel as he struggles to help Frevven the last disjunct channel |
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